diff --git a/patches/yt_dlp/patches/__init__.py b/patches/yt_dlp/patches/__init__.py
index 8b137891..f2d40a97 100644
--- a/patches/yt_dlp/patches/__init__.py
+++ b/patches/yt_dlp/patches/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+from yt_dlp.compat.compat_utils import passthrough_module
+
+passthrough_module(__name__, '.patch')
+del passthrough_module