diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-mahjongg/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-mahjongg/default.nix
index 7ef68e470e1d..698741ba8366 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-mahjongg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-mahjongg/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, gnome, gtk3, wrapGAppsHook
-, librsvg, gettext, itstool, libxml2
-, meson, ninja, glib, vala, desktop-file-utils
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, pkg-config
+, gnome
+, gtk3
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, librsvg
+, gettext
+, itstool
+, libxml2
+, meson
+, ninja
+, glib
+, vala
+, desktop-file-utils
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,12 +26,30 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "144ia3zn9rhwa1xbdkvsz6m0dsysl6mxvqw9bnrlh845hmyy9cfj";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix build with meson 0.61
+    # data/meson.build:24:0: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.
+    # data/meson.build:45:0: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-mahjongg/-/commit/a2037b0747163601a5d5b57856d037eecf3a4db7.patch";
+      sha256 = "Wcder6Y9H6c1f8I+IPDvST3umaCU21HgxfXn809JDz0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson ninja vala desktop-file-utils
-    pkg-config gnome.adwaita-icon-theme
-    libxml2 itstool gettext wrapGAppsHook
+    meson
+    ninja
+    vala
+    desktop-file-utils
+    pkg-config
+    gnome.adwaita-icon-theme
+    libxml2
+    itstool
+    gettext
+    wrapGAppsHook
     glib # for glib-compile-schemas
   ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     glib
     gtk3