diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix
index b76b1d6d21e..ed97c17bfd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   # The 'extractors' sub-module is used for development
   # and has additional dependencies.
-  postPatch = "rm -rf extractors";
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm -rf extractors
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace 'pyxdg==0.26' 'pyxdg'
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple emoji and character picker for rofi";