diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchiver/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchiver/default.nix
index 189035a8c8b..d8c4175e776 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchiver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchiver/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, pkgconfig, intltool, libxslt, hicolor-icon-theme }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, gtk3, pkgconfig, intltool, libxslt, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.5.4.12";
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "13d8slcx3frz0dhl1w4llj7001n57cjjb8r7dlaw5qacaas3xfwi";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fixes darwin build, remove with next update.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/ib/xarchiver/commit/8c69d066a827419feafd0bd047d19207ceadc7df.patch;
+      sha256 = "1ch1409hx1ynkm0mz93zy8h7wvcrsn56sz7lczsf6hznc8yzl0qg";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 intltool libxslt hicolor-icon-theme ];