diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix
index aef2b36214fa2..26b1886e4c3ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # Only works with Python 3!
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
-  patches = [ ./no-hawkey.patch ./test-fixes.patch ./uuids.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./no-hawkey.patch ./test-fixes.patch ./uuids.patch ./ntfs-formattable.patch
+  ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     cat > blivet/kickstart_stubs.py <<EOF
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/ntfs-formattable.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/ntfs-formattable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e06d87dcf436f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/ntfs-formattable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Submitted upstream at:
+
+  https://github.com/rhinstaller/blivet/pull/536
+
+diff --git a/blivet/formats/fs.py b/blivet/formats/fs.py
+index 67517d6..9693840 100644
+--- a/blivet/formats/fs.py
++++ b/blivet/formats/fs.py
+@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ class NTFS(FS):
+     _type = "ntfs"
+     _labelfs = fslabeling.NTFSLabeling()
+     _resizable = True
++    _formattable = True
+     _min_size = Size("1 MiB")
+     _max_size = Size("16 TiB")
+     _packages = ["ntfsprogs"]