diff --git a/packages/py-vbi/fix-install.patch b/packages/py-vbi/fix-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d84cceb038b3541afde9fff63edd58b0545893e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/py-vbi/fix-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
+index debc24e..2e0500b 100644
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ path = "vbi/_version.py"
+ 
+ 
+ [tool.setuptools]
+-packages = ["vbi"]
+ include-package-data = true
+ 
+ [tool.setuptools.package-data]
diff --git a/packages/py-vbi/package.py b/packages/py-vbi/package.py
index ba2cbebbfaf174642ab2a5f6ceec614b679aba46..138893c5525043f17cde71ac71e85430c2415340 100644
--- a/packages/py-vbi/package.py
+++ b/packages/py-vbi/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class PyVbi(PythonPackage):
     version("0.1.3", "54fa2062f44c9ec8219fae3c13c52a4bd17141b5467b982987673de0662c5255")
     version("0.1.2", "6ccfeeec718be62a480002a8370130a3e3344955186f99ecbb15b646b68210d6")
 
+    patch('fix-install.patch')
+
     depends_on("python@3.8:", type=("build","run"))
     depends_on("py-setuptools", type="build")
     depends_on("py-setuptools-scm", type="build")