diff --git a/pkgs/servers/wsdd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/wsdd/default.nix
index 1411b6f3adcf..45006cc59e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/wsdd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/wsdd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, nixosTests, python3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, nixosTests, python3, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wsdd";
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {	
+      # https://github.com/christgau/wsdd/issues/72
+      name = "fix_send_messages_using_correct_socket.patch";	
+      url = "https://github.com/christgau/wsdd/commit/1ed74fe73a9fe2e2720859e2822116d65e4ffa5b.patch";	
+      sha256 = "1n9bqvh20nhnvnc5pxvzf9kk8nky6rmbmfryg65lfmr1hmg676zg";	
+    })
+  ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     install -Dm0755 src/wsdd.py $out/bin/wsdd
     wrapProgram $out/bin/wsdd --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH"