diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxlsxwriter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxlsxwriter/default.nix
index f1d4bd298ded..a2f506de0133 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxlsxwriter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxlsxwriter/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , minizip
 , python3
 , zlib
@@ -8,15 +9,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libxlsxwriter";
-  version = "1.1.3";
+  version = "1.1.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jmcnamara";
     repo = "libxlsxwriter";
     rev = "RELEASE_${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-j+tplk8Fdx92YKj7PnchMZWctVmBmNirUmDw5ADmJy0=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Ef1CipwUEJW/VYx/q98lN0PSxj8c3DbIuql8qU6mTRs=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/pull/357
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/commit/723629976ede5e6ec9b03ef970381fed06ef95f0.patch";
+      sha256 = "14aw698b5svvbhvadc2vr71isck3k02zdv8xjsa7c33n8331h20g";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     python3.pkgs.pytest
   ];