diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mediathekview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mediathekview/default.nix
index 1a6f19721331..7f36fd232e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mediathekview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mediathekview/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jre }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jre, zip }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "13.8.0";
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0zfkwz5psv7m0881ykgqrxwjhadg39c55aj2wpy7m1jdara86c5q";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper zip ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
     mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib}
 
+    # log4j mitigation, see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
+    zip -d MediathekView.jar org/apache/logging/log4j/core/lookup/JndiLookup.class
+
     install -m644 MediathekView.jar $out/lib
 
     makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/mediathek \