diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/bug-1217-segfaults.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/bug-1217-segfaults.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..572619d51588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/bug-1217-segfaults.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -pru liferea-1.14.3-orig/src/common.c liferea-1.14.3/src/common.c
+--- liferea-1.14.3-orig/src/common.c	2023-03-23 20:36:21.000000000 +0100
++++ liferea-1.14.3/src/common.c	2023-03-24 23:34:08.971922545 +0100
+@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ common_init_paths (void)
+ 	common_check_dir (g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir(), "liferea", NULL));
+ 	common_check_dir (g_build_filename (g_get_user_data_dir(), "liferea", NULL));
+ 
++	pathsChecked = TRUE;
++
+ 	/* Install default stylesheet if it does not yet exist */
+ 	filename = common_create_config_filename ("liferea.css");
+ 	if (!g_file_test (filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
+@@ -95,8 +97,6 @@ common_init_paths (void)
+ 	umask (077);
+ 
+ 	g_free (lifereaCachePath);
+-
+-	pathsChecked = TRUE;
+ }
+ 
+ gchar *
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
index 7a3802a59680..f67bb6e4167c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
@@ -24,13 +24,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "liferea";
-  version = "1.14.2";
+  version = "1.14.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/lwindolf/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "aXgw3MwleHDw2yNbs5Cin687xVTLxeNwBt94c1b4fXQ=";
+    sha256 = "VmEyGXrePdnRzRldSOOfiB55KBu7w9x4Y9vA8gufot4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/lwindolf/liferea/issues/1217
+    ./bug-1217-segfaults.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapGAppsHook
     python3Packages.wrapPython