diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/default.nix
index 34f0d16a7b4..67b116274a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { mkDerivation, lib, fetchgit, fetchpatch
 , pkgconfig, gyp, cmake, makeWrapper
-, qtbase, qtimageformats, gtk3, libappindicator-gtk3
+, qtbase, qtimageformats, gtk3, libappindicator-gtk3, libnotify
 , dee, ffmpeg, openalSoft, minizip, libopus, alsaLib, libpulseaudio, range-v3
 }:
 
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_libs.cpp --replace '"appindicator"' '"${libappindicator-gtk3}/lib/libappindicator3.so"'
+    substituteInPlace Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_libnotify.cpp --replace '"notify"' '"${libnotify}/lib/libnotify.so"'
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gyp cmake makeWrapper ];
 
   buildInputs = [