diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/searx/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/searx/default.nix
index bcfa8a41021..730e5c41bbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/searx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/searx/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, python3Packages, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, python3Packages, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 with python3Packages;
 
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "0hfa4nmis98yvghxw866rzjpmhb2ln8l6l8g9yx4m79b2lk76xcs";
   };
 
+  patches = [(fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/commit/b8b13372c8fd3bfe978a1c724ab98b05348df054.patch";
+    sha256 = "1zc3dx8pgqfg0bj48ihckjk9xrrm33jlnmj8k02g17gfcmj7566a";
+  })];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace requirements.txt \
       --replace 'certifi==2019.3.9' 'certifi' \