diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovide/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovide/default.nix
index 55f75777bee5..9e37079ee68f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovide/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchgit
+, fetchurl
 , makeWrapper
 , pkg-config
 , python2
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 , openssl
 , SDL2
 , fontconfig
+, freetype
 , ninja
 , gn
 , llvmPackages
@@ -82,7 +84,18 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     expat
     openssl
     SDL2
-    fontconfig
+    (fontconfig.overrideAttrs (old: {
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        # skia is not compatible with freetype 2.11.0
+        (freetype.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+          version = "2.10.4";
+          src = fetchurl {
+            url = "mirror://savannah/${old.pname}/${old.pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+            sha256 = "112pyy215chg7f7fmp2l9374chhhpihbh8wgpj5nj6avj3c59a46";
+          };
+        }))
+      ];
+    }))
   ];
 
   postFixup = ''