diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-xray-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-xray-sdk/default.nix
index 6364fe77f11..607118564c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-xray-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-xray-sdk/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, importlib-metadata
 , jsonpickle
 , wrapt
 , requests
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     jsonpickle wrapt requests future botocore
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
+    importlib-metadata
   ];
 
   meta = {