diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/astroid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/astroid/default.nix
index 47e295de29d3..739f45fd4ee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/astroid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/astroid/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config, gnome, gmime3, webkitgtk, ronn
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config, gnome, gmime3, webkitgtk, ronn
 , libsass, notmuch, boost, wrapGAppsHook, glib-networking, protobuf
 , gtkmm3, libpeas, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gobject-introspection, python3
 
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-6xQniOLNUk8tDkooDN3Tp6sb43GqoynO6+fN9yhNqZ4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "symbolic-icons.patch";
+      url =
+        "https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid/commit/7c2022f06a4146ad62e858bcaacdb4ee817851b9.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-hZHOg1wUR8Kpd6017fWzhMmG+/WQxSOCnsiyIvUcpbU=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake ronn pkg-config wrapGAppsHook gobject-introspection
     python3 python3.pkgs.wrapPython