diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openboard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openboard/default.nix
index cf16ecc03cb6..084787d6315b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openboard/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromGitHub, copyDesktopItems, makeDesktopItem, qmake
+{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, copyDesktopItems, makeDesktopItem, qmake
 , qtbase, qtxmlpatterns, qttools, qtwebkit, libGL, fontconfig, openssl, poppler
 , ffmpeg, libva, alsa-lib, SDL, x264, libvpx, libvorbis, libtheora, libogg
 , libopus, lame, fdk_aac, libass, quazip, libXext, libXfixes }:
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-OlGXGIMghil/GG6eso20+CWo/hCjarXGs6edXX9pc/M=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Poppler requires at least C++17
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "use-c-17-for-pdf-on-linux-builds";
+      url = "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/use-c-17-for-pdf-on-linux-builds.patch?h=openboard";
+      sha256 = "sha256-M6HigpOo8ul7qaub4cd7/ATUc85HezEyKyDuzsrZvC8=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace OpenBoard.pro \
       --replace '/usr/include/quazip' '${quazip}/include/QuaZip-Qt5-${quazip.version}/quazip' \