diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/7.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/7.nix
index 3eb4789939ff..25cd5179f7c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/7.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/commit/6f1a3c4648bf06862dca0b3725cbb3b7ee0284e3.diff";
       sha256 = "0gapny0a9c3r0x9szjgn86sspjrrf4vwbija77b17w6ci5cq4pdf";
     })
+    ./tests-sqlite-3.39.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString (version == "7.2.1") ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/tests-sqlite-3.39.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/tests-sqlite-3.39.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0654ff5eadb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/tests-sqlite-3.39.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Drop tests that time out with newest sqlite.
+https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/3254
+
+--- a/test/cli/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -16 +15,0 @@
+-proj_add_test_script_sh("testprojinfo" PROJINFO_BIN)
+--- a/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -144,3 +143,0 @@
+-add_test(NAME proj_test_cpp_api COMMAND proj_test_cpp_api)
+-set_property(TEST proj_test_cpp_api
+-  PROPERTY ENVIRONMENT ${PROJ_TEST_ENVIRONMENT})