diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
index 7e64636d96d..bc53597656e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, gst-plugins-base, bzip2, libva, wayland
 , libdrm, udev, xorg, libGLU_combined, gstreamer, gst-plugins-bad, nasm
-, libvpx, python
+, libvpx, python, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "07qpynamiz0lniqajcaijh3n7ixs4lfk9a5mfk50sng0dricwzsf";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # See: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2019-September/msg00000.html
+    # Note that the patch has now been actually accepted upstream.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-vaapi/commit/a90daabb84f983d2fa05ff3159f7ad59aa648b55.patch";
+      sha256 = "0p2qygq6b5h6nxjdfnlzbsyih43hjq5c94ag8sbyyb8pmnids9rb";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig bzip2 ];