diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mako/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mako/default.nix
index f076a2838eb4..32aa15b09e49 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mako/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mako/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, scdoc
 , systemd, pango, cairo, gdk_pixbuf
-, wayland, wayland-protocols }:
+, wayland, wayland-protocols
+, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mako";
@@ -13,6 +14,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "17azdc37xsbmx13fkfp23vg9lznrv9fh6nhagn64wdq3nhsxm3b6";
   };
 
+  # to be removed with next release
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/emersion/mako/commit/ca8e763f06756136c534b1bbd2e5b536be6b1995.patch";
+      sha256 = "09mi7nn2vwc69igxxc6y2m36n3snhsz0ady99yabhrzl17k4ryds";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig scdoc wayland-protocols ];
   buildInputs = [ systemd pango cairo gdk_pixbuf wayland ];