diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
index 2c3ed2e47e8..088581b6701 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       tags.
     '';
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric neonfuz ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index def255d9533..20727323881 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23126,7 +23126,11 @@ in
 
   dwl = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwl { };
 
-  dwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwm { };
+  dwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwm {
+    # dwm is configured entirely through source modification. Allow users to
+    # specify patches through nixpkgs.config.dwm.patches
+    patches = config.dwm.patches or [];
+  };
 
   dwmblocks = callPackage ../applications/misc/dwmblocks { };