diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/knewstuff.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/knewstuff.nix
index 70481495cf3..df384648e6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/knewstuff.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/knewstuff.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  mkDerivation, lib,
+  mkDerivation, lib, fetchpatch,
   extra-cmake-modules,
   attica, karchive, kcompletion, kconfig, kcoreaddons, ki18n, kiconthemes,
   kio, kitemviews, kservice, ktextwidgets, kwidgetsaddons, kxmlgui, qtbase,
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@ mkDerivation {
     ktextwidgets kwidgetsaddons qtbase qtdeclarative kirigami2
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ attica kservice kxmlgui ];
+
+  patches = [ (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/KDE/knewstuff/commit/dbf788c10130eaa3f5ea37a7f22eb4569471aa04.patch";
+    sha256 = "1225rgqg1j120nvhgsahvsq2xlkg91lr37zp14x19krixxgx521j";
+    revert = true;
+  }) ];
 }