diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-powerlevel10k/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-powerlevel10k/default.nix
index 39cb1f247fc..a978ac93a9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-powerlevel10k/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-powerlevel10k/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 # To make use of this derivation, use
 # `programs.zsh.promptInit = "source ${pkgs.zsh-powerlevel10k}/share/zsh-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme";`
 
+let
+  # match gitstatus version with given `gitstatus_version`:
+  # https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/master/gitstatus/build.info
+  gitstatus = pkgs.gitAndTools.gitstatus.overrideAttrs (oldAtttrs: rec {
+    version = "1.2.0";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "romkatv";
+      repo = "gitstatus";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "0xi5ab0rsj6xs4vqgn2j5rih1nncghr83yn395mk1is1f4bsmp0s";
+    };
+  });
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "powerlevel10k";
   version = "1.13.0";
@@ -17,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./gitstatusd.patch;
-      gitstatusdPath = "${pkgs.gitAndTools.gitstatus}/bin/gitstatusd";
+      gitstatusdPath = "${gitstatus}/bin/gitstatusd";
     })
   ];