diff --git a/scripts/sipify.py b/scripts/sipify.py
index 2f816a58ad6..d3dc6e291fb 100755
--- a/scripts/sipify.py
+++ b/scripts/sipify.py
@@ -3105,10 +3105,9 @@ for _class, additions in class_additions.items():
     if additions:
         this_class_additions = "\n".join("    " + c for c in additions)
         CONTEXT.output_python.append(
-            f"try:\n{this_class_additions}\nexcept NameError:\n    pass\n"
+            f"try:\n{this_class_additions}\nexcept (NameError, AttributeError):\n    pass\n"
         )
 
-
 if args.python_output and CONTEXT.output_python:
 
     with open(args.python_output, "w") as f: