diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
index ab6900c28e1f..0f6e6ef70ee3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   mkXfceDerivation,
+  fetchpatch,
   exo,
   gtk3,
   libxfce4ui,
@@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
 
   sha256 = "sha256-80g3lk1TkQI0fbYf2nXs36TrPlaGTHgH6k/TGOzRd3w=";
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix monitor chooser UI resource path
+    # https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/merge_requests/181
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/commit/699e21b062f56bdc0db192bfe036420b2618612e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-YTtXF+OJMHn6KY2xui1qGZ04np9a60asne+8ZS/dujs=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     exo
     gtk3