diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libserdes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libserdes/default.nix
index 7b48f150c9a1..8b61669d1c6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libserdes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libserdes/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , perl
 , boost
 , rdkafka
@@ -28,6 +29,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "GEN_PKG_CONFIG=y" ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix compatibility with Avro master branch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/confluentinc/libserdes/commit/d7a355e712ab63ec77f6722fb5a9e8056e7416a2.patch";
+      sha256 = "14bdx075n4lxah63kp7phld9xqlz3pzs03yf3wbq4nmkgwac10dh";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs configure lds-gen.pl
   '';