diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
index 9c4d8cdbf427..f08bca6a1e64 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   # Remove gcc and python references
   removeReferencesTo,
@@ -309,6 +310,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
       patches = [
         # Not accepted upstream, see https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/pull/5227
         ./modtool-newmod-permissions.patch
+
+        # Finding `boost_system` fails because the stub compiled library of
+        # Boost.System, which has been a header-only library since 1.69, was
+        # removed in 1.89.
+        (fetchpatch {
+          url = "https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/commit/d8814e0c3ef68372e5a1093603ef602e2119cd8a.patch";
+          hash = "sha256-TQxqsce1AhSjdwaG2IP11QTeOgdJHN6cAAnznBl8eM8=";
+        })
       ];
       passthru = shared.passthru // {
         # Deps that are potentially overridden and are used inside GR plugins - the same version must