diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix
index 393300ddd9e9..fcf67870e878 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, python3Packages }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "pubs";
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "16zwdqfbmlla6906g3a57a4nj8wnl11fq78r20qms717bzv211j0";
   };
 
+  # Fix for bibtexparser 1.1.0
+  patches = fetchpatch {
+    url = https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/185/commits/e58ae98b93b8364a07fd5f5f452ba88ad332c948.patch;
+    sha256 = "1n7zrk119v395jj8wqg8wlymc9l9pq3v752yy3kam9kflc0aashp";
+  };
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
     argcomplete dateutil configobj feedparser bibtexparser pyyaml requests six beautifulsoup4
   ];