diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/to/tokei/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/to/tokei/package.nix
index da60731d9992..9cd87b16ac26 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/to/tokei/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/to/tokei/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   rustPlatform,
+  fetchpatch2,
   libiconv,
   zlib,
   versionCheckHook,
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-jCI9VM3y76RI65E5UGuAPuPkDRTMyi+ydx64JWHcGfE=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      # https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei/pull/1209
+      url = "https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei/commit/ce8d8535276a2e41878981a8199232986ab96c6b.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-1tb+WmjVsTxs8Awf1mbKOBIhJ3ddoOT8ZjBKA2BMocg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
   cargoHash = "sha256-LzlyrKaRjUo6JnVLQnHidtI4OWa+GrhAc4D8RkL+nmQ=";