diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix
index 54de098bdc4..89041f7508d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , pythonOlder
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
   # C Inputs
 , blas
 , catch2
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "qiskit-aer";
-  version = "0.8.0";
+  version = "0.8.2";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
@@ -36,13 +37,30 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "Qiskit";
     repo = "qiskit-aer";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-CWF3ehLs0HBXnYH11r+2CQwIcxddAfQm3ulAf1agl/o=";
+    hash = "sha256-7NWM7qpMQ3vA6p0dhEPnkBjsPMdhceYTYcAD4tsClf0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1250
+      name = "qiskit-aer-pr-1250-native-cmake_dl_libs.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/commit/2bf04ade3e5411776817706cf82cc67a3b3866f6.patch";
+      sha256 = "0ldwzxxfgaad7ifpci03zfdaj0kqj0p3h94qgshrd2953mf27p6z";
+    })
+  ];
+  # Remove need for cmake python package
+  # pybind11 shouldn't be an install requirement, just build requirement.
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "'cmake!=3.17,!=3.17.0'," "" \
+      --replace "'pybind11>=2.6'" ""
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     ninja
     scikit-build
+    pybind11
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -58,14 +76,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cvxpy
     cython  # generates some cython files at runtime that need to be cython-ized
     numpy
-    pybind11
   ];
 
-  # tries to install pypi cmake package, not needed
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'cmake!=3.17,!=3.17.0'," ""
-  '';
-
   # Disable using conan for build
   preBuild = ''
     export DISABLE_CONAN=1