diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix
index 1bc51def0cd2..c648570958d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ ctags, fetchurl, lib, libressl, man, ncurses, pkg-config, stdenv }:
+{ ctags, fetchurl, fetchpatch, lib, libressl, ncurses, pkg-config, stdenv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "catgirl";
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "182l7yryqm1ffxqgz3i4lcnzwzpbpm2qvadddmj0xc8dh8513s0w";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://git.causal.agency/catgirl/patch/?id=3f3585d0f32e66ad5c8c6c713f315e14810230eb";
+      sha256 = "1vrgimvf007bxz8blxm3vjc7g3xwxplwxyrblnsryq54cqaw0xv3";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ ctags pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libressl man ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ libressl ncurses ];
   strictDeps = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {