diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/licensor/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/licensor/default.nix
index 246684c6638be2..376dd2f2e9af0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/licensor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/licensor/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "licensor";
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0zr8hcq7crmhrdhwcclc0nap68wvg5kqn5l93ha0vn9xgjy8z11p";
   };
 
+  patches = [ (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/raftario/licensor/commit/77ae1ea6d9b6de999ee7590d9dbd3c8465d70bb6.patch";
+    sha256 = "0kfyg06wa2v7swm7hs9kkazjg34mircd4nm4qmljyzjh2yh8icg3";
+  })];
+
   # Delete this on next update; see #79975 for details
   legacyCargoFetcher = true;