diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/folks/fix-docs-build-with-eds-3.59.patch b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folks/fix-docs-build-with-eds-3.59.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30abd12e520d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folks/fix-docs-build-with-eds-3.59.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/docs/meson.build b/docs/meson.build
+index 67c664513033dd8f892870836efaebcab3960af3..83a011f3852b240539fe0d41356ef74fe07a7887 100644
+--- a/docs/meson.build
++++ b/docs/meson.build
+@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ if eds_backend_enabled
+     docs_common_valadoc_flags += ['-D', 'HAS_EDS_3_41']
+   endif
+ 
++  if eds_dep.version().version_compare('>=3.59.1')
++    docs_common_valadoc_flags += ['-D', 'HAS_EDS_3_60']
++  endif
++
+   valadoc_targets += {
+     'name': 'folks-eds',
+     'source_files': eds_backendlib_sources,
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/folks/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folks/package.nix
index 25e649f26753..61d3db04472f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/folks/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folks/package.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-IfROK9q7Huf45Bu5ltEKx9rzXHjEmBd9sMAPWAogqRQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/folks/-/merge_requests/81
+    ./fix-docs-build-with-eds-3.59.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gettext
     gobject-introspection