diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wifi-hotspot/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wifi-hotspot/package.nix
index 4f10506fc3e3..2eda4a32df4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wifi-hotspot/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wifi-hotspot/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   which,
   pkg-config,
   glib,
@@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   outputs = [ "out" ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/lakinduakash/linux-wifi-hotspot/commit/a3fce4b3ee9371eeb7b300fa7e9f291d93986db3.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-tvWoYvQELYVq1Cr6NG+9kafYFHZloNMuOvaPeIbYlSI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace ./src/scripts/Makefile \
       --replace "etc" "$out/etc"