diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/le/less/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/le/less/package.nix
index 0844188ff775..f94e4b0cad79 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/le/less/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/le/less/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       url = "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/less/-/raw/1d570db0c84fe95799f460526492e45e24c30ad0/backport-007521ac3c95bc76.patch";
       hash = "sha256-BT8DLIu7oVhL5XL50uFVUp97qjklcvRHy85UQwVKAmc=";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # https://github.com/gwsw/less/pull/416
+      name = "freebsd.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/3ecff3752078fda90fd46c9f020f2a2bb548dd71.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-Iv2Jm/7wwRsyLchoEvYz9VziySJ6sI4YbSgFTdQrV+I=";
+    })
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [