diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 1791abfe97d8..2fcec7c6adff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -18450,6 +18450,14 @@ with self;
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       pkgs.makeWrapper
     ];
+    patches = [
+      # backport LaTeXML 0.9 fix for Unicode 16.0 change
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/brucemiller/latexml/commit/4175d31afc8da61039adffaf8e42657196bff071.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-QimM8F9Jz8xYT/5q5C+YcGyVyNmDeQPE6/qVHaFfevE=";
+        includes = [ "lib/LaTeXML/Common/Font.pm" ];
+      })
+    ];
     makeMakerFlags = [
       "TEXMF=\${tex}"
       "NOMKTEXLSR"