diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/tigervnc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/tigervnc/default.nix
index c54ce8bfe142..0e6e1daa66e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/tigervnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/tigervnc/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , xorg
 , xkeyboard_config
 , zlib
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-TgVV/4MRsQHYKpDf9L5eHMLVpdwvNy1KPDIe7xMlQ9o=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "vncauth-security-type.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/4f6a3521874da5a67fd746389cfa9b6199eb3582.diff";
+      hash = "sha256-lSkR8e+jsBwkQUJZmA0tb8nM5iSbYtO8uVXtgk5wdF8=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     sed -i -e '/^\$cmd \.= " -pn";/a$cmd .= " -xkbdir ${xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb";' unix/vncserver/vncserver.in
     fontPath=