diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
index 0cbe325f62af..d730f966347c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , meson
 , pkg-config
 , ninja
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1kzrgqaclfk6gcwhknxn28xl74gm5swipgn8kk8avacb4nsw1l9q";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # XXX: REMOVE ON NEXT VERSION BUMP
+    # Fixes compatibility of the bluetooth and network modules with linux kernel
+    # >=5.11
+    # c.f. https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/994
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/Alexays/Waybar/pull/1015.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-jQZEM3Yru2yxcXAzapU47DoAv4ZoabrV80dH42I2OFk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson ninja pkg-config scdoc wrapGAppsHook cmake
   ] ++ lib.optional withMediaPlayer gobject-introspection;
@@ -82,7 +94,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ FlorianFranzen minijackson synthetica ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ FlorianFranzen minijackson synthetica lovesegfault ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     homepage = "https://github.com/alexays/waybar";
   };