diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydeck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydeck/default.nix
index 6626ee19d92..9ca7638538a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydeck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydeck/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, ipykernel, ipywidgets, pythonOlder, pytestCheckHook, pandas }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
+, ipykernel
+, ipywidgets
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pandas
+, jinja2
+, numpy
+, traitlets
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pydeck";
   version = "0.7.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
+  patches = [
+    # fixes build with latest setuptools
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/visgl/deck.gl/commit/9e68f73b28aa3bf0f2a887a4d8ccd2dc35677039.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-YVVoVbVdY5nV+17OwYIs9AwKGyzgKZHi655f4BLcdMU=";
+      stripLen = 2;
+    })
+  ];
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "907601c99f7510e16d27d7cb62bfa145216d166a2b5c9c50cfe2b65b032ebd2e";
@@ -14,12 +36,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pydeck" ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pandas ];
+
   # tries to start a jupyter server
   disabledTests = [ "test_nbconvert" ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     ipykernel
     ipywidgets
+    jinja2
+    numpy
+    traitlets
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {