diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
index e892dbaddf56..7f03831ff1d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/a990b04dc8a7d8408a71eee40db93621cf2b6d1b.patch";
       sha256 = "0piqilc5c9frikl74hamkffawwg1mvdwfxqvjnmk6wdma43dbb7w";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60978
+      # Fixes critical kube-proxy failure on iptables-restore >= 1.6.2 and
+      # non-critical failures on prior versions.
+      url = "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/34ce573e9992ecdbc06dff1b4e3d0e9baa8353dd.patch";
+      sha256 = "1sd9qgc28zr6fkk0441f89bw8kq2kadys0qs7bgivy9cmcpw5x5p";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''