diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/kbibtex/cpp-17-for-icu.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/kbibtex/cpp-17-for-icu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bb72f184b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/kbibtex/cpp-17-for-icu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 901e6979..d4fd549e 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ project(
+     LANGUAGES CXX
+ )
+ 
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
++set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+ set(QT_MIN_VERSION 5.9.0)
+ # Somewhat arbitrary chosen version number ...
+ set(KF5_MIN_VERSION 5.51)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/kbibtex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/kbibtex/default.nix
index 3cfa32da90e6..a43636a2417f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/kbibtex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/kbibtex/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       hash = "sha256-sSeyQKfNd8U4YZ3IgqOZs8bM13oEQopJevkG8U0JuMQ=";
     };
 
+  patches = [
+    # TODO remove when kbibtex updates past 0.10.0
+    ./cpp-17-for-icu.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     extra-cmake-modules
     shared-mime-info