diff --git a/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix
index 8746d3172ac8..389f59f91a6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , mkDerivation
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
 , wrapQtAppsHook
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-Xq9hDUTCQr79Zzjk0CsiXclVTHK6nrSowukIQqVdrKY=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/merge_requests/1239.diff";
+      sha256 = "sha256-RhbIGeE6GyqnipisiMTwWjcFnIiR055hUPL8IkjPgZw=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config wrapQtAppsHook ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -83,10 +91,5 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar marius851000 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-
-    # 2021-10-13, doesn't compile with glibc-2.34, maintainers prefer a fix on glibc's end.
-    # Can be marked as un-broken as soon as https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/merge_requests/1239
-    # is resolved and a patch is appliable here.
-    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/games/openmw/tes3mp.nix b/pkgs/games/openmw/tes3mp.nix
index b92c31663fc6..0f91a3c0028b 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openmw/tes3mp.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openmw/tes3mp.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ let
     '';
 
     # https://github.com/TES3MP/openmw-tes3mp/issues/552
-    patches = [ ./tes3mp.patch ];
+    patches = oldAttrs.patches ++ [ ./tes3mp.patch ];
 
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpermissive";
 
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ let
       license = licenses.gpl3Only;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
       platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
+      broken = true;
     };
   });