diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
index 434f9fab88df..2e61e40b01fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, xmlstarlet, makeWrapper, ant, jdk, rsync, javaPackages, libXxf86vm, gsettings-desktop-schemas }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, fetchurl, xmlstarlet, makeWrapper, ant, jdk, rsync, javaPackages, libXxf86vm, gsettings-desktop-schemas }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "processing";
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0cvv8jda9y8qnfcsziasyv3w7h3w22q78ihr23cm4an63ghxci58";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "oraclejdk-8u281-compat.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/processing/processing/commit/7e176876173c93e3a00a922e7ae37951366d1761.patch";
+      sha256 = "g+zwpoIVgw7Sp6QWW3vyPZ/fKHk+o/YCY6xnrX8IGKo=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ ant rsync makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ jdk ];