diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
index 1b9e7f4314fa..f88a39248435 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
         url = "https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/269053ebbfd3cc4a3156a511f54ab7f08a09a730.patch";
         hash = "sha256-JzzrMJvAufrxTxtWnzknUS9JLJEed+qdtVnIYYe9LCw=";
       })
+      # Backport to fix build with cURL 8.16
+      # FIXME: remove in the next update
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/957b4faa0b765bc91e64c6d33f07e853decae0d0.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-zsqcZSjsApcgs/oEdFFlcwldGCVZxCsDG02ogs+q2uw=";
+      })
     ];
 
     # make  derivations declared in the let binding available here, so