diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-gtk/collect-box.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-gtk/collect-box.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0264637e9bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-gtk/collect-box.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ru a/src/ui.rs b/src/ui.rs
+--- a/src/ui.rs
++++ b/src/ui.rs
+@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@
+                     files_list
+                         .iter()
+                         .map(|f| misc::escape_filename(f))
+-                        .collect::<Box<_>>()
++                        .collect::<Box<[_]>>()
+                         .join(" ")
+                 ));
+             } else {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-gtk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-gtk/package.nix
index eebb980f85cb..7b8504ebe09a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-gtk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-gtk/package.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ gdk-pixbuf gtk4 pango vte-gtk4 ];
 
+  patches = [ ./collect-box.patch ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     make PREFIX=$out install-resources
   '';