diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
index c18ea4f851c9..8c98bc646d26 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/fakeroot/fakeroot-no64.patch?id=f68c541324ad07cc5b7f5228501b5f2ce4b36158";
       sha256 = "sha256-NCDaB4nK71gvz8iQxlfaQTazsG0SBUQ/RAnN+FqwKkY=";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "addendum-charset-conversion.patch";
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/clint/fakeroot/-/commit/b769fb19fd89d696a5e0fd70b974f833f6a0655a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-3z1g+xzlyTpa055kpsoumP/E8srDlZss6B7Fv5A0QkU=";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook po4a ];