diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sit/aarch64-eexist.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sit/aarch64-eexist.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b45e77d040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sit/aarch64-eexist.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/sit-core/src/repository.rs b/sit-core/src/repository.rs
+index ebd357d..074dcc9 100644
+--- a/sit-core/src/repository.rs
++++ b/sit-core/src/repository.rs
+@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ impl Repository {
+         let id: String = name.into();
+         let mut path = self.items_path.clone();
+         path.push(&id);
++        #[cfg(all(debug_assertions, target_arch = "aarch64"))] {
++          use std::io;
++          if path.is_dir() {
++             return Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(17).into()); // 17 is EEXIST
++          }
++        }
+         fs::create_dir(path)?;
+         let id = OsString::from(id);
+         Ok(Item {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sit/default.nix
index 0cc75f8bd5a..ae84add283e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sit/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoSha256 = "102haqix13nwcncng1s8qkw68spn6fhh3vysk2nbahw6f78zczqg";
 
+  patches = [ ./aarch64-eexist.patch ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Serverless Information Tracker";
     homepage = https://sit.sh/;