diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
index 73af231b7e48..fb45426895e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchpatch,
   getopt,
   lua,
   boost,
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ let
       hash = "sha256-4sPjTLgC4W77alpE/uZHOrnWKVXrWxeCtK70A6G87s8=";
     };
 
+    patches = [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "shellscript-crash-fix.patch";
+        url = "https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight/-/commit/2c0e95290fe7ca26185851f38ac205d81e4b7015.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-aan2s7wKzBO/QbK+Q+Zq1RiyFORJjEYDcscjCAxMJg8=";
+      })
+    ];
+
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [