diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix
index f75bf6bf1625..3299ab8b63b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, apacheAnt, jdk, axis2, dbus_java}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, apacheAnt, jdk, axis2, dbus_java, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "DisnixWebService-0.8";
@@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   AXIS2_LIB = "${axis2}/lib";
   AXIS2_WEBAPP = "${axis2}/webapps/axis2";
   DBUS_JAVA_LIB = "${dbus_java}/share/java";
-  patchPhase = ''
+  patches = [
+    # Safe to remove once https://github.com/svanderburg/DisnixWebService/pull/1 is merged
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/mmahut/DisnixWebService/commit/cf07918b8c81b4ce01e0b489c1b5a3ef9c9a1cd6.patch";
+      sha256 = "15zi1l69wzgwvvqx4492s7l444gfvc9vcm7ckgif4b6cvp837brn";
+    })
+  ];
+  prePatch = ''
     sed -i -e "s|#JAVA_HOME=|JAVA_HOME=${jdk}|" \
        -e "s|#AXIS2_LIB=|AXIS2_LIB=${axis2}/lib|" \
         scripts/disnix-soap-client