diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/we/websocketpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/we/websocketpp/package.nix
index 6b933480b0ba..aa3abf8d9388 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/we/websocketpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/we/websocketpp/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
 }:
 
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-9fIwouthv2GcmBe/UPvV7Xn9P2o0Kmn2hCI4jCh0hPM=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp/commit/deb0a334471362608958ce59a6b0bcd3e5b73c24.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-bFCHwtRuCFz9vr4trmmBLziPSlEx6SNjsTcBv9zV8go=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = with lib; {