diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/texworks/0001-fix-build-with-qt-6.5.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/texworks/0001-fix-build-with-qt-6.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cafd9c3e2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/texworks/0001-fix-build-with-qt-6.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From b26a91fd0f70e8f0a8f3360a5f371a1eace70002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nick Cao <nickcao@nichi.co>
+Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:10:55 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build with qt 6.5
+
+The fix is borrowed from https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ/pull/2324
+---
+ src/scripting/Script.cpp | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/scripting/Script.cpp b/src/scripting/Script.cpp
+index 3437f125..906eefde 100644
+--- a/src/scripting/Script.cpp
++++ b/src/scripting/Script.cpp
+@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ Script::MethodResult Script::doCallMethod(QObject * obj, const QString& name,
+ 		}
+ 		else if (typeName == QString::fromLatin1("QVariant")) {
+ 			// QMetaType can't construct QVariant objects
+-			retValArg = Q_RETURN_ARG(QVariant, result);
++			retValArg = QGenericReturnArgument("QVariant", static_cast<void*>(result.data()));
+ 		}
+ 		else {
+ 			// Note: These two lines are a hack!
+-- 
+2.39.2
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/texworks/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/texworks/default.nix
index 4f1544eeb46a..72db4262c877 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/texworks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/texworks/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-X0VuXNghHoNsNNDfZJXXJ++nfUa5ofjW8rv3CHOUzxQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./0001-fix-build-with-qt-6.5.patch ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config