diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/commandergenius/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/commandergenius/package.nix
index d528beecca68..5c60cde73927 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/commandergenius/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/commandergenius/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchpatch,
   SDL2,
   SDL2_image,
   pkg-config,
@@ -56,6 +57,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fixes a broken build due to a renamed inner struct of SDL_ttf.
+    # Should be removable as soon as upstream releases v. 3.5.3.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-sdl-ttf_font_rename.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/gerstrong/Commander-Genius/commit/e8af0d16970d75e94392f57de0992dfddc509bc3.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-bcCzXzh9yDngwHMfQTrnvyDal4YBiBcMTtKTgt9BtDk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE $(sdl2-config --cflags)"
     sed -i 's,APPDIR games,APPDIR bin,' src/install.cmake