diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
index 234e8b6ba69..deceba0ea55 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, writeText, libX11, ncurses, libXext, libXft, fontconfig
-, conf? null}:
+, conf ? null, patches ? []}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0avsfc1qp8zvshsfjwwrkvk411jlqy58z225bsdhjkl1qc40qcc5";
   };
 
+  inherit patches;
+
   configFile = optionalString (conf!=null) (writeText "config.def.h" conf);
   preBuild = optionalString (conf!=null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
   
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/wayland.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/wayland.nix
index ed7e0cf7ca1..4d9f0ef3f8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/wayland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/wayland.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, writeText
 , ncurses, wayland, wld, libxkbcommon, fontconfig, pixman
-, conf? null}:
+, conf ? null, patches ? [] }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "7164da135f02405dba5ae3131dfd896e072df29ac6c0928f3b887beffb8a7d97";
   };
 
+  inherit patches;
+
   configFile = optionalString (conf!=null) (writeText "config.def.h" conf);
   preBuild = optionalString (conf!=null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 66ab3de91e2..37175481798 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13722,10 +13722,12 @@ in
 
   st = callPackage ../applications/misc/st {
     conf = config.st.conf or null;
+    patches = config.st.patches or null;
   };
 
   st-wayland = callPackage ../applications/misc/st/wayland.nix {
     conf = config.st.conf or null;
+    patches = config.st.patches or null;
   };
 
   stag = callPackage ../applications/misc/stag {