diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 37530b0b0ad2..c8c1af23f3e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -854,6 +854,16 @@ in
   };
 
   neotest = prev.neotest.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    patches = [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        # fix compatibility with neovim 0.12: iter_matches breaking change
+        # https://github.com/nvim-neotest/neotest/pull/594
+        name = "fix-neovim-0-12-compat";
+        url = "https://github.com/LiamCoop/neotest/commit/2ffca3aefb070e31f1ac00e9fbfd1a83f995c326.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-3+ooC3ZB8pl90FG+kTZxIzmPxrdJTx/XNYE2tPDWO+w=";
+      })
+    ];
+
     doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux;
     nativeCheckInputs = old.nativeCheckInputs ++ [
       final.nlua