diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
index a5d02093e3f..6fc1797dd25 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cairo, gdk_pixbuf, libconfig, pango, pkgconfig
 , xcbutilwm, alsaLib, wirelesstools, asciidoc, libxslt, makeWrapper, docbook_xsl
 , configFile ? null, lib
-, rev, sha256, version
+, rev, sha256, version, patches ? []
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     repo  = "yabar";
   };
 
+  inherit patches;
+
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/default.nix
index 4d42e3082f3..a33a75676ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-{ callPackage, attrs ? {} }:
+{ callPackage, attrs ? {}, fetchpatch }:
 
 let
-  overrides = {
+  overrides = rec {
     version = "0.4.0";
 
-    rev = "746387f0112f9b7aa2e2e27b3d69cb2892d8c63b";
+    rev = version;
     sha256 = "1nw9dar1caqln5fr0dqk7dg6naazbpfwwzxwlkxz42shsc3w30a6";
+
+    patches = [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/geommer/yabar/commit/9779a5e04bd6e8cdc1c9fcf5d7ac31416af85a53.patch";
+        sha256 = "1szhr3k1kq6ixgnp74wnzgfvgxm6r4zpc3ny2x2wzy6lh2czc07s";
+      })
+    ];
+
   } // attrs;
 in callPackage ./build.nix overrides