diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfs/default.nix
index 914d4aa33c2c..0b2d6ae9cd65 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfs/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
+    # remove once https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/pull/177 is merged and in a release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/commit/6100e82c7e7f18f503c003c67c87791025d5f01b.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-bMBQsbSKQ4E7r9avns2QaomGAYl3s82m58gYyTQdB08=";
+    })
     # This patch adds an option to pad filesystems (increasing size) in
     # exchange for better chunking / binary diff calculation.
     ./4k-align.patch