diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/yx/0001-Don-t-strip-binary-when-installing.patch b/pkgs/tools/text/yx/0001-Don-t-strip-binary-when-installing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e18d52af0be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/yx/0001-Don-t-strip-binary-when-installing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From b90b2c5989e9ddd3cfc79f56cb8a9194561bd4d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tom Wieczorek <tom@bibbu.net>
+Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:08:45 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't strip binary when installing
+
+Doesn't play well with cross-compiling.
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 724c962..284cab3 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test: yx
+ 	(cd tests && ./do_tests.sh)
+ 
+ install: yx
+-	install -sDm0755 -t "$(PREFIX)"/bin yx
++	install -Dm0755 -t "$(PREFIX)"/bin yx
+ 	install -Dm0644 -t "$(PREFIX)"/share/man/man1 yx.1
+ 
+ clean:
+-- 
+2.42.2
+
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/yx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/yx/default.nix
index 732be1760c9e..f773ca66a000 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/yx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/yx/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
 , libyaml
 , testers
 , yx
@@ -16,6 +17,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-uuso+hsmdsB7VpIRKob8rfMaWvRMCBHvCFnYrHPC6iw=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://gitlab.com/tomalok/yx/-/issues/2
+    ./0001-Don-t-strip-binary-when-installing.patch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # https://gitlab.com/tomalok/yx/-/merge_requests/10
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/tomalok/yx/-/commit/5747ca40f4b0acb56d67fd29a818734d7b19d61a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-0tNtkq1tZ96Ag5EJfUfDao/QxpRB4Jadop3OPBvhnlo=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   makeFlags = [
     "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
   ];