diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ffsend/Cargo.lock.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/ffsend/Cargo.lock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d95a43cfb06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ffsend/Cargo.lock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index 2344bfd..08413d8 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "ffsend"
+-version = "0.2.45"
++version = "0.2.46"
+ dependencies = [
+  "chbs 0.0.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+  "chrono 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ffsend/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ffsend/default.nix
index 9eaba1e8d3f6..2eca6de7b61e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ffsend/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ffsend/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,41 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, rustPlatform, cmake, pkgconfig, openssl
 , darwin
 
-, x11Support ? stdenv.isLinux
+, x11Support ? stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD
 , xclip ? null, xsel ? null
 , preferXsel ? false # if true and xsel is non-null, use it instead of xclip
 }:
 
-assert (x11Support && stdenv.isLinux) -> xclip != null || xsel != null;
+let
+  usesX11 = stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD;
+in
+
+assert (x11Support && usesX11) -> xclip != null || xsel != null;
 
 with rustPlatform;
 
 buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "ffsend";
-  version = "0.2.45";
+  version = "0.2.46";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "timvisee";
     repo = "ffsend";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1rhbpkalbbklbg0bq3xzbqw918ymqjnwhib3agzqd7477hrh1bkr";
+    sha256 = "048kmhy8l2dy7v1b3vzlhcw5qhnz82y1wki6wpd2nz8siyd7dnpi";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "1218v6rm1j545764g8rkpanwafjzk1c7f5x22v9ivzm0b6lmnm56";
+  cargoSha256 = "09i44vpxbww972zyv393xxwk7wz26cnqzq4gi1mg4703h02jkpjk";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ openssl ]
   ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [ CoreFoundation CoreServices Security AppKit ])
   ;
 
-  preBuild = stdenv.lib.optionalString (x11Support && stdenv.isLinux) (
+  # Patch for v0.2.45 only
+  patches = [ ./Cargo.lock.patch ];
+
+  preBuild = stdenv.lib.optionalString (x11Support && usesX11) (
     if preferXsel && xsel != null then ''
       export XSEL_PATH="${xsel}/bin/xsel"
     '' else ''
@@ -54,6 +61,6 @@ buildRustPackage rec {
     homepage = https://gitlab.com/timvisee/ffsend;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.lilyball ];
-    platforms = platforms.darwin ++ platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }