diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/maim/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/maim/package.nix
index 5afa385cff78..431fc3d774d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/maim/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/maim/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
   zlib,
@@ -52,6 +53,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     icu
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Use C++17 as required by icu
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "maim-c++-17.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/naelstrof/maim/commit/e7fe09b6734baeb59081b8805be542c92178cf0f.patch";
+      sha256 = "0z9zvrr8msfli88jmhxm5knysi385s48j2w7zpacc7qhf4c5zh8c";
+    })
+  ];
+
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {