diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
index 1a02d4837fe..674b228746d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, vte-ng, gtk3, ncurses, wrapGAppsHook }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, vte-ng, gtk3, ncurses, wrapGAppsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "termite-${version}";
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # https://github.com/thestinger/termite/pull/516
   patches = [ ./url_regexp_trailing.patch ./add_errno_header.patch
-              ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./remove_ldflags_macos.patch;
+    # Fix off-by-one in select_text() on libvte >= 0.55.0
+    # Expected to be included in next release (16).
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/thestinger/termite/commit/7e9a93b421b9596f8980645a46ac2ad5468dac06.patch";
+      sha256 = "0vph2m5919f7w1xnc8i6z0j44clsm1chxkfg7l71nahxyfw5yh4j";
+    })
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./remove_ldflags_macos.patch;
 
   makeFlags = [ "VERSION=v${version}" "PREFIX=" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];