diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
index 6e1f2f4a2c55..fb7a37a4f448 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
     ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
   ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i -r -e 's/p(bad|good) = .*/p\1 = pbase/' tests/check/meson.build
+  '';
 }