diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix
index 8802862eddd..16538145142 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui
 , libwnck, xfconf, libglade, xfce4panel, thunar, exo, garcon, libnotify
 , hicolor_icon_theme }:
 let
@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "a8a8d93744d842ca6ac1f9bd2c8789ee178937bca7e170e5239cbdbef30520ac";
   };
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui libwnck xfconf
-      libglade xfce4panel thunar exo garcon libnotify hicolor_icon_theme
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui libwnck xfconf
+    libglade xfce4panel thunar exo garcon libnotify hicolor_icon_theme
+  ];
+
+  patches = [(fetchpatch {
+    url = https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/patch?id=157f5b55cfc3629d595ef38984278de5915aac27;
+    sha256 = "0ki7hnyfpz7bdmsxqnm9qvyk040iyv1fawnhzfbyyzrh4nc5jd3x";
+  })];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -29,4 +34,3 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
   };
 }
-