diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 14b1caed3d2..975cb2b69ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ in
 
   xcbutilcursor = attrs: attrs // {
     outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
-    meta.maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.lovek323 ];
+    meta = attrs.meta // { maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.lovek323 ]; };
   };
 
   xcbutilimage = attrs: attrs // {