diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parameterized/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parameterized/default.nix
index 8af2b491701d..0379d5c7cb0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parameterized/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parameterized/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  fetchpatch2,
   mock,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-f8kFJyzvpPNkwaNCnLvpwPmLeTmI77W/kKrIDwjbCbE=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "parameterized-docstring-3.13-compat.patch";
+      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/dev-python/parameterized/files/parameterized-0.9.0-py313-test.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-tWcN0eRC0oRHrOaa/cctXLhi1WapDKvxO36e6gU6UIk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     # broken with pytest 7 and python 3.12
     # https://github.com/wolever/parameterized/issues/167