diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/biber/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/biber/default.nix
index 449208e9d5d1..0c472947c0a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/biber/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/biber/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlModule {
 
   src = "${biberSource}/source/bibtex/biber/biblatex-biber.tar.gz";
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix for https://github.com/plk/biber/issues/329
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/plk/biber/commit/fa312ce402fe581ba7cc0890c83a1d47c2610e26.diff";
+      sha256 = "1j87mdwvx368z9b5x6b72s753hwvrldf2pb42p6hflq5hzkicy50";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = with perlPackages; [
     autovivification BusinessISBN BusinessISMN BusinessISSN ConfigAutoConf
     DataCompare DataDump DateSimple EncodeEUCJPASCII EncodeHanExtra EncodeJIS2K