diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qtchan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qtchan/default.nix
index f6bc05371f30..df956addf5cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qtchan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qtchan/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qt, makeWrapper }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, qt, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "qtchan-${version}";
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0n94jd6b1y8v6x5lkinr9rzm4bjg9xh9m7zj3j73pgq829gpmj3a";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/siavash119/qtchan/commit/718abeee5cf4aca8c99b35b26f43909362a29ee6.patch;
+      sha256 = "11b72l5njvfsyapd479hp4yfvwwb1mhq3f077hwgg0waz5l7n00z";
+    })
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qt.qmake makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ qt.qtbase ];