diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/configure-art-path.patch b/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/configure-art-path.patch
index d3f4cb18dba3..d14a8f4394f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/configure-art-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/configure-art-path.patch
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 8f525118..c1761a2d 100644
+index 8f525118..ba8027c2 100644
 --- a/meson.build
 +++ b/meson.build
-@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ dir_base = meson.current_source_dir()
+@@ -9,22 +9,15 @@ add_project_dependencies(incdir_dep, language: 'c')
+ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+ dir_base = meson.current_source_dir()
  builddir_base = meson.current_build_dir()
- # FIXME: make art install a pkgconfig file
- libart_dep = [
+-# FIXME: make art install a pkgconfig file
+-libart_dep = [
 -	cc.find_library('art', dirs : [ '/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'art' ]),
 -     	cc.find_library('nativebridge', dirs : [ '/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'art' ])
-+	cc.find_library('art', dirs : [ '/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '@artStandalonePackageDir@' / get_option('libdir') / 'art' ]),
-+     	cc.find_library('nativebridge', dirs : [ '/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '@artStandalonePackageDir@' / get_option('libdir') / 'art' ])
- ]
+-]
++libart_dep = dependency('art-standalone')
  libdl_bio_dep = [
  	cc.find_library('dl_bio')
-@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ libc_bio_dep = [
+ ]
+ libc_bio_dep = [
  	cc.find_library('c_bio')
  ]
- libandroidfw_dep = [
+-libandroidfw_dep = [
 -	cc.find_library('androidfw', dirs : [ '/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'art' ]),
-+	cc.find_library('androidfw', dirs : [ '/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'art', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'art', '@artStandalonePackageDir@' / 'lib' / 'art' ]),
- ]
+-]
 -if fs.is_file('/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'java/core-all_classes.jar')
 -  bootclasspath_dir = '/usr' / get_option('libdir') / 'java'
 +if fs.is_file('@artStandalonePackageDir@' / get_option('libdir') / 'java/core-all_classes.jar')
@@ -27,3 +28,12 @@ index 8f525118..c1761a2d 100644
  elif fs.is_file('/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'java/core-all_classes.jar')
    bootclasspath_dir = '/usr/local' / get_option('libdir') / 'java'
  elif fs.is_file(get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'java/core-all_classes.jar')
+@@ -179,7 +172,7 @@ libtranslationlayer_so = shared_library('translation_layer_main', [
+                                                                   	dependency('gtk4', version: '>=4.14'), dependency('gl'), dependency('egl'), dependency('wayland-client'), dependency('jni'),
+                                                                   	dependency('libportal'), dependency('sqlite3'), dependency('libavcodec', version: '>=59'), dependency('libdrm'),
+                                                                   	dependency('gudev-1.0'), dependency('libswscale'), dependency('webkitgtk-6.0'),
+-                                                                  	libandroidfw_dep, wayland_protos_dep
++                                                                        libart_dep, wayland_protos_dep
+                                                                   ],
+                                                                   link_with: [ libandroid_so ],
+                                                                   link_args: [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/package.nix
index 98dc236170db..6542e9ebd9c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/android-translation-layer/package.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   patches = [
+    # meson: use pkg-config from art-standalone instead of manual library search
+    # See: https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer/-/merge_requests/164
     (replaceVars ./configure-art-path.patch {
       artStandalonePackageDir = "${art-standalone}";
     })