diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/0001-increase-recursion-limit-to-fix-matrix-sdk-sqlite.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/0001-increase-recursion-limit-to-fix-matrix-sdk-sqlite.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f0dea263884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/0001-increase-recursion-limit-to-fix-matrix-sdk-sqlite.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 979dcc049c1d8b8b537ddf42133dba38ef17ee7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: azban <me@azban.net>
+Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:23:30 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] increase recursion limit to fix matrix-sdk-sqlite
+
+This is a temporary fix for build errors in the matrix-sdk-sqlite dependency. A more durable fix should be checked for in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/issues/6254.
+---
+ src/main.rs | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
+index 0a316c7..794f838 100644
+--- a/src/main.rs
++++ b/src/main.rs
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
+ #![allow(clippy::needless_return)]
+ #![allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
+ #![allow(clippy::bool_assert_comparison)]
++#![recursion_limit = "256"]
+ use std::collections::VecDeque;
+ use std::convert::TryFrom;
+ use std::fmt::Display;
+-- 
+2.51.2
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/package.nix
index d4dc072cece4..8a15554b29cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/package.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-nvEOtV1Y5K9E1Lj+bPnQ6k1AneDM9OT3RbV3Urm/1Qs=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-increase-recursion-limit-to-fix-matrix-sdk-sqlite.patch
+  ];
+
   cargoHash = "sha256-uWYNFNoCiqw6gYuHZWmZmZVs7lKNvhzjwEyxgcbvv+8=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [