diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
index 07bf3c8b0f0..d24972f1af3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, fetchFromGitHub
 , makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, mkYarnPackage
-, electron, element-web
+, electron, element-web, fetchpatch
 }:
 # Notes for maintainers:
 # * versions of `element-web` and `element-desktop` should be kept in sync.
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ in mkYarnPackage rec {
   name = "element-desktop-${version}";
   inherit version src;
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/vector-im/element-desktop/commit/96e5389779f60c91b8fe80d7bd9af413d72ec61f.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-82I5BDNDWIfp+m2HpzTA5+39hMv2bTbmJlXfM4YUjDY=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   packageJSON = ./element-desktop-package.json;
   yarnNix = ./element-desktop-yarndeps.nix;