diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
index 86d5897f8e6203..36bd1f071db474 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , gnupg
 , darwin
 , installShellFiles
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 { enableNpm ? true, version, sha256, patches ? [] } @args:
@@ -249,7 +250,13 @@ let
 
     pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "version" args;
 
-    inherit patches;
+    patches = patches ++ [
+      # fixes test failure
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b6fe731c55eb4cb9d14042a23e5002ed39b7c8b7.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-y45G9Vc58Nh0I+kSS3iRnoZe7se55rk3PVMpgZgPY+U=";
+      })
+    ];
 
     __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true; # for tests
 
@@ -299,6 +306,7 @@ let
       "FLAKY_TESTS=skip"
       # Skip some tests that are not passing in this context
       "CI_SKIP_TESTS=${lib.concatStringsSep "," ([
+        # Tests don't work in sandbox.
         "test-child-process-exec-env"
         "test-child-process-uid-gid"
         "test-fs-write-stream-eagain"