diff --git a/packages/zpm/src/fetchers/patch.rs b/packages/zpm/src/fetchers/patch.rs
index 187411d7..5324f420 100644
--- a/packages/zpm/src/fetchers/patch.rs
+++ b/packages/zpm/src/fetchers/patch.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ pub fn has_builtin_patch(ident: &Ident) -> bool {
         .any(|(name, _)| *name == ident.as_str())
 }
 
+fn patch_file_path(path: &str) -> &str {
+    // Yarn patch references may include metadata suffixes like:
+    // "<path>::version=1.2.3&hash=abcdef". Only the filesystem path
+    // before "::" points to the actual patch file on disk.
+    path.split_once("::")
+        .map(|(file_path, _)| file_path)
+        .unwrap_or(path)
+}
+
 pub async fn fetch_locator<'a>(context: &InstallContext<'a>, locator: &Locator, params: &PatchReference, is_mock_request: bool, dependencies: Vec<InstallOpResult>) -> Result<FetchResult, Error> {
     let package_cache = context.package_cache
         .expect("The package cache is required to fetch a patch package");
@@ -45,7 +54,9 @@ pub async fn fetch_locator<'a>(context: &InstallContext<'a>, locator: &Locator,
 
     let mut is_builtin = false;
 
-    let patch_content = match params.path.as_str() {
+    let file_path = patch_file_path(&params.path);
+
+    let patch_content = match file_path {
         "<builtin>" => {
             let compressed_patch = BUILTIN_PATCHES.iter()
                 .find(|(name, _)| name == &locator.ident.as_str())
diff --git a/tests/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/protocols/patch.test.ts b/tests/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/protocols/patch.test.ts
index 23ad98da..ac1883cd 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/protocols/patch.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/protocols/patch.test.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,26 @@ describe(`Protocols`, () => {
       ),
     );
 
+    test(
+      `it should support patch paths containing metadata suffixes`,
+      makeTemporaryEnv(
+        {
+          dependencies: {[`no-deps`]: `patch:no-deps@1.0.0#${PATCH_NAME}::version=1.0.0&hash=deadbeef`},
+        },
+        async ({path, run, source}) => {
+          await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, PATCH_NAME), NO_DEPS_PATCH);
+
+          await run(`install`);
+
+          await expect(source(`require('no-deps')`)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            name: `no-deps`,
+            version: `1.0.0`,
+            hello: `world`,
+          });
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+
     test(
       `it should support applying a patch on a patch`,
       makeTemporaryEnv(