diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
index f28fe187e6c..a01d7dd4290 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , desktop-file-utils
 , fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
 , gettext
 , glib
 , gtk3
@@ -28,6 +29,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "05534dvwrzrmryb4y2m1sb2q0r8i6nr88pzjg7xs5nr9zq8a87p3";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix includedir in pkgconfig
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof/merge_requests/2
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof/commit/d19a496bb55b8646e866df8bb07bc6ad3c55eaf2.patch;
+      sha256 = "15w6di9c4n1gsymkpk413f5f9gd3iq23wdkzs01y9xrxwqpm7hm4";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ desktop-file-utils gettext itstool libxml2 meson ninja pkgconfig shared-mime-info wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 pango polkit systemd.dev systemd.lib ];