diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
index fbe947e3afb1..6c535c3b51f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, enableShared ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.2.1";
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1cd8yq8va457iir1hlf17ksx11fx2hlb8i4jml8gj1875pizm0pk";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/commit/9d0c9c4bb145a286f725cd38c90331eee7addc7f.patch";
+      sha256 = "1gy93mb1s1mq746kxj4c564k2mppqp5khqdfa6im88rv29cvrl4y";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];