diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
index 2824832ef604..8e9e269abc97 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , boost
 , curl
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , ffmpeg
 , lame
 , libev
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1y00vwn1h10cfflxrm5bk271ak9gilhjycgi44hlkkhmf5bdgn35";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix pending upstream inclusion for ncuurses-6.3 support:
+    #  https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/pull/474
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "ncurses-6.3.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/commit/1240720e27232fdb199a4da93ca6705864442026.patch";
+      sha256 = "0bhjgwnj6d24wb1m9xz1vi1k9xk27arba1absjbcimggn54pinid";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config