diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pendulum/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pendulum/default.nix
index 0b57205d6ac..5688090b095 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pendulum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pendulum/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 { lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pythonOlder
-, dateutil, pytzdata, typing
+, dateutil
+, importlib-metadata
+, poetry
 , poetry-core
+, pytzdata
+, typing
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pendulum";
   version = "2.1.2";
-
   format = "pyproject";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    poetry-core
-  ];
-
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "b06a0ca1bfe41c990bbf0c029f0b6501a7f2ec4e38bfec730712015e8860f207";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil pytzdata ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.5") typing;
+  preBuild = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil pytzdata ]
+  ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.5") typing
+  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ importlib-metadata ];
 
   # No tests
   doCheck = false;