diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index b91f9dae9f0..d80c43b03f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , pcre, oniguruma, gnulib, tre, glibc, sqlite, openssl, expat, cairo
 , perl, gtk2, python, glib, gobjectIntrospection, libevent, zlib, autoreconfHook
 , mysql, postgresql, cyrus_sasl
-, fetchFromGitHub, libmpack, which
+, fetchFromGitHub, libmpack, which, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 let
@@ -671,6 +671,14 @@ let
       sed -i "s|/usr/local|$out|" lgi/Makefile
     '';
 
+    patches = [
+        (fetchpatch {
+            name = "lgi-find-cairo-through-typelib.patch";
+            url = "https://github.com/psychon/lgi/commit/46a163d9925e7877faf8a4f73996a20d7cf9202a.patch";
+            sha256 = "0gfvvbri9kyzhvq3bvdbj2l6mwvlz040dk4mrd5m9gz79f7w109c";
+        })
+    ];
+
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "GObject-introspection based dynamic Lua binding to GObject based libraries";
       homepage    = https://github.com/pavouk/lgi;