diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix
index c47530f4664d..ddadb3cd97b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, fetchpatch
 , glib, gdk_pixbuf, gobject-introspection, gnome3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1371csx0n92g60b5dmai4mmzdnx8081mc3kcgc6a0xipcq5rw839";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix darwin build
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify/merge_requests/9
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify/commit/55eb69247fe2b479ea43311503042fc03bf4e67d.patch";
+      sha256 = "1hlb5b7c5axiyir1i5j2pi94bm2gyr1ybkp6yaqy7yk6iiqlvv50";
+    })
+  ];
+
   mesonFlags = [
     # disable tests as we don't need to depend on gtk+(2/3)
     "-Dtests=false"