diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index 06449d8ff1c5..87619c6afe18 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , makeWrapper, shortenPerlShebang, useFixedHashes, asymptote
 , biber-ms
 , tlpdb
-}:
+}@args:
 
 # Useful resource covering build options:
 # http://tug.org/texlive/doc/tlbuild.html
@@ -420,7 +420,28 @@ pygmentex = python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 };
 
-inherit asymptote;
+asymptote = args.asymptote.overrideAttrs (finalAttrs: prevAttrs: {
+  version = texlive.pkgs.asymptote.version;
+
+  # keep local src and patches even if duplicated in the top level asymptote
+  # so that top level updates do not break texlive
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/asymptote/${finalAttrs.version}/asymptote-${finalAttrs.version}.src.tgz";
+    hash = "sha256-DecadD+m7pORuH3Sdcs/5M3vUbN6rhSkFoNN0Soq9bs=";
+  };
+
+  texContainer = texlive.pkgs.asymptote.tex;
+  texdocContainer = texlive.pkgs.asymptote.texdoc;
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # partial fix for macOS XDR/V3D support (LDFLAGS change seems like an unrelated bugfix)
+      name = "restore-LDFLAGS-dont-look-for-tirpc-under-MacOS.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/vectorgraphics/asymptote/commit/7e17096b22d18d133d1bc5916b6e32c0cb24ad10.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-olCFzqfZwWOAjqlB5lDPXYRHU9i3VQNgoR0cO5TmW98=";
+    })
+  ];
+});
 
 inherit biber;
 inherit biber-ms;