diff --git a/build/pkgs/poetry_core/patches/5547.diff_bin b/build/pkgs/poetry_core/patches/5547.diff_bin
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4f5f4c83b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/poetry_core/patches/5547.diff_bin
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -urB a/poetry/core/vcs/__init__.py b/poetry/core/vcs/__init__.py
+--- a/poetry/core/vcs/__init__.py	2022-02-27 20:15:29.000000000 -0800
++++ b/poetry/core/vcs/__init__.py	2022-05-05 10:26:37.248645073 -0700
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+             )
+         ).strip()
+ 
+-        vcs = Git(Path(git_dir))
++        vcs = Git(Path(git_dir)) if git_dir.startswith(str(directory.resolve())) else None
+ 
+     except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError, RuntimeError):
+         vcs = None
diff --git a/build/pkgs/poetry_core/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/poetry_core/spkg-install.in
index 37ac1a53437..4dc571e2c62 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/poetry_core/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/poetry_core/spkg-install.in
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 cd src
+# Work around https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/5547
+patch -p1 --posix --binary < "../patches/5547.diff_bin" || sdh_die
 sdh_pip_install .