diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlayoutdisplay/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlayoutdisplay/package.nix
index 03d32d6ee66a..f05f6834833f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlayoutdisplay/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlayoutdisplay/package.nix
@@ -2,23 +2,33 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
   pkg-config,
   xorg,
   boost,
   gtest,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xlayoutdisplay";
   version = "1.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alex-courtis";
     repo = "xlayoutdisplay";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-A37jFhVTW/3QNEf776Oi3ViRK+ebOPRTsEQqdmNhA7E=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/alex-courtis/xlayoutdisplay/pull/34
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "cpp-version.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/alex-courtis/xlayoutdisplay/commit/56983b45070edde78cc816d9cff4111315e94a7a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-zd28Nkw8Kmm20zGT6wvdBHcHfE4p+RFotUO9zJwPQMc=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = with xorg; [
     libX11
@@ -34,12 +44,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Detects and arranges linux display outputs, using XRandR for detection and xrandr for arrangement";
     homepage = "https://github.com/alex-courtis/xlayoutdisplay";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "xlayoutdisplay";
   };
-}
+})