diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cage/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cage/package.nix
index a113607dbd5e..0d7e15158985 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cage/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cage/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   meson,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
@@ -31,6 +32,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-P9MhIl2YIE2hwT5Yr0Cpes5S12evb0aj9oOPLeehkw0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # backport of https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage/pull/461
+    # to fix https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage/issues/456
+    # remove on next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage/commit/832e88b0c964a324bb09c7af02ed0650b73dfb9b.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-8dyJL46xXGkw3pF9uskX8H72s0hUO1BhU2UMaoEwz4U=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   depsBuildBuild = [
     pkg-config
   ];