diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/js/jsonnet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/js/jsonnet/package.nix
index b1f40c5252a0..c86463605ea4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/js/jsonnet/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/js/jsonnet/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   jekyll,
   cmake,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   gtest,
 }:
 
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-QHp0DOu/pqcgN7di219cHzfFb7fWtdGGE6J1ZXgbOGQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # ref. https://github.com/google/jsonnet/pull/1249 merged upstream
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/google/jsonnet/commit/6c87c1b0e1e18d25898be071c1b231e264f05a8c.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-KprhMKwUCpvLiMT/grfqZ8Vt9rbosIizQgNMStuV8/U=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     jekyll
     cmake