diff --git a/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix b/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
index 2bed9e435fce..df5b393ccded 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_net, SDL2_ttf
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
+, cmake, pkg-config, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_net, SDL2_ttf
 , pango, gettext, boost, libvorbis, fribidi, dbus, libpng, pcre, openssl, icu
 , Cocoa, Foundation
 }:
@@ -14,6 +15,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-KtAPc2nsqSoHNsLTLom/yaUECn+IWBdBFpiMclrUHxM=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream fix https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/pull/6726
+    # for gcc-13 support.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "gcc-134.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/commit/f073493ebc279cefa391d364c48265058795e1d2.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-uTB65DEBZwHFRgDwNx/yVjzmnW3jRoiibadXhNcwMkI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer SDL2_net SDL2_ttf pango gettext boost