diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix
index 1ff2034a7ba6..2e1000ef5e64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
 , buildPackages
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-Upsp72RorV+5PFPHOK3zCJgVTRZ6fSVVFRope8Bp8/M=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/3252
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "only-add-find_dependencyCURL-for-static-builds.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/commit/11f4597bbb7069bd5d4391597808703bd96df849.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-4w5Cu2m5VJZr6E2dUVRyWJdED2TyS8cI8G20EwfQ4u0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];