diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-tetravex/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-tetravex/default.nix
index 963c7801a07a..6578bf7c0589 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-tetravex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/games/gnome-tetravex/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
 , pkg-config
 , gnome
 , gtk3
@@ -24,6 +25,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "06wihvqp2p52zd2dnknsc3rii69qib4a30yp15h558xrg44z3k8z";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix build with meson 0.61
+    # data/meson.build:37:0: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.
+    # data/meson.build:59:0: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.
+    # Taken from https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tetravex/-/merge_requests/20
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tetravex/-/commit/80912d06f5e588f6aca966fa516103275e58d94e.patch";
+      sha256 = "2+nFw5sJzbInibKaq3J10Ufbl3CnZWlgnUtzRTZ5G0I=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapGAppsHook
     itstool