diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix
index 932f8a59e7d9..acf7b26d9478 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gtk3
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/commit/1d7e8ae4edc53a3380dfea88329b8b8337db1c52.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-SV1waz2JSKiM6itwkqwlE3aOZCcOl8iyBr06tyYlefo=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='Release'"
     "-DENABLE_FFMPEG='true'"