diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index f730e3e3408..d459a048350 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ./config-compat.patch;
       inherit configVersion;
     })
+
+    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/merge_requests/67
+    ./fix-joypixels.patch
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "lib" "out" ]; # $out contains all the config
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/fix-joypixels.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/fix-joypixels.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5654063fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/fix-joypixels.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- a/conf.d/45-generic.conf
++++ b/conf.d/45-generic.conf
+@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
+ 
+ <!-- Emoji -->
+ 
++	<alias binding="same">
++		<family>JoyPixels</family>
++		<default><family>emoji</family></default>
++	</alias>
+ 	<alias binding="same">
+ 		<family>Emoji Two</family>
+ 		<default><family>emoji</family></default>
+--- a/conf.d/60-generic.conf
++++ b/conf.d/60-generic.conf
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ 	<alias binding="same">
+ 		<family>emoji</family>
+ 		<prefer>
++			<family>JoyPixels</family>
+ 			<family>Emoji Two</family>
+ 			<family>Emoji One</family>
+ 			<!-- System fonts -->