diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytaglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytaglib/default.nix
index 46d4135d6af..6b19a8f0c73 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytaglib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytaglib/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,46 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , taglib
 , cython
 , pytest
 , glibcLocales
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname   = "pytaglib";
   version = "1.4.5";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "8aec64bc146a9f72778a0d2d1f3448f58be6ebea68f64b0ff88ea8e0f4dc5d8f";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "supermihi";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1gvvadlgk8ny8bg76gwvvfcwp1nfgrjphi60h5f9ha7h5ff1g2wb";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix tests on python 2.7
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/supermihi/pytaglib/commit/0c4ae750fcd5b18d2553975c7e3e183e9dca5bf1.patch;
+      sha256 = "1kv3c68vimx5dc8aacvzphiaq916avmprxddi38wji8p2ql6vngj";
+    })
+
+    # properly install pyprinttags
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/supermihi/pytaglib/commit/ba7a1406ddf35ddc41ed57f1c8d1f2bc2ed2c93a.patch;
+      sha256 = "0pi0dcq7db5fd3jnbwnfsfsgxvlhnm07z5yhpp93shk0s7ci2bwp";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/supermihi/pytaglib/commit/28772f6f94d37f05728071381a0fa04c6a14783a.patch;
+      sha256 = "0h259vzj1l0gpibdf322yclyd10x5rh1anzhsjj2ghm6rj6q0r0m";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'pytest-runner', " ""
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [ taglib cython ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest glibcLocales ];