diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix
index d29ad1d6474..b0e9fee93d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, blessings, mock, nose, pyte, wcwidth, typing }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchpatch, pythonOlder, blessings, mock, nose, pyte, wcwidth, typing }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "curtsies";
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "89c802ec051d01dec6fc983e9856a3706e4ea8265d2940b1f6d504a9e26ed3a9";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ blessings wcwidth typing ];
+  patches = [
+    # Fix dependency on typing. Remove with the next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/bpython/curtsies/commit/217b4f83e954837f8adc4c549c1f2f9f2bb272a7.patch;
+      sha256 = "1d3zwx9c7i0drb4nvydalm9mr83jrvdm75ffgisri89h337hiffs";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ blessings wcwidth ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.5") [ typing ];
 
   checkInputs = [ mock pyte nose ];
 
@@ -18,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Curses-like terminal wrapper, with colored strings!";
-    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/curtsies;
+    homepage = https://github.com/bpython/curtsies;
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
   };