diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
index f5adf6319138..a5e2b7d60523 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ let
           buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.tdlib ];
           nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
 
+          patches = [
+            (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+              name = "telega-server-bin-store-prefer.patch";
+              url = "https://github.com/zevlg/telega.el/commit/72550f984ca869309d197203ef7de99182d71729.patch";
+              sha256 = "18xvz53bygksak6h5f8cz79y83p2va15i8qz7n4s3g9gsklmkj2p";
+            })
+          ];
+
           postPatch = ''
             substituteInPlace telega-customize.el \
               --replace 'defcustom telega-server-command "telega-server"' \