diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/material-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/material-shell/default.nix
index b31df473da6..36de0e0a66a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/material-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/material-shell/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, gnome3 }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, gnome3, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-shell-extension-material-shell";
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "076cv1l5qr5x71przjwvbzx0m91n4z0byc2gc3r48l8vsr2d0hwf";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix for https://github.com/material-shell/material-shell/issues/284
+    # (Remove this patch when updating to version >= 8)
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/material-shell/material-shell/commit/fc27489a1ec503a4a5c7cb2f4e1eefa84a7ea2f1.patch";
+      sha256 = "0x2skg955c4jqgwbkfhk7plm8bh1qnk66cdds796bzkp3hb5syw8";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # This package has a Makefile, but it's used for building a zip for
   # publication to extensions.gnome.org. Disable the build phase so
   # installing doesn't build an unnecessary release.