diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter/default.nix
index 8158c458afc..ec604e9918b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, sqlite, curl, pkgconfig, libxml2, stfl, json-c-0-11, ncurses
-, gettext, libiconv, makeWrapper, perl }:
+, gettext, libiconv, makeWrapper, perl, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "newsbeuter-2.9";
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export LDFLAGS=-lncursesw
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/cdacfbde9fe3ae2489fc96d35dfb7d263ab03f50.patch";
+      sha256 = "1lhvn63cqjpikwsr6zzndb1p5y140vvphlg85fazwx4xpzd856d9";
+    })
+  ];
+
   installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "prefix=" ];
 
   installPhase = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''