diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncstdlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncstdlib/default.nix
index 4d27c6da882..8cd6af449f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncstdlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncstdlib/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , typing-extensions
+, flit-core
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
 }:
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "asyncstdlib";
   version = "3.10.8";
-  format = "flit";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-7HQFyIR+NWRzbFkzkZiuEQotZfCXpCzrWfWIFg1lWv4=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     typing-extensions
   ];