diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/we/weechat-matrix-rs/increase-recursion-limit.patch b/pkgs/by-name/we/weechat-matrix-rs/increase-recursion-limit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d50e2977a003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/we/weechat-matrix-rs/increase-recursion-limit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
+index 2f1090a..205d90d 100644
+--- a/src/lib.rs
++++ b/src/lib.rs
+@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
++#![recursion_limit = "256"]
++
+ mod bar_items;
+ mod commands;
+ mod completions;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/we/weechat-matrix-rs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/we/weechat-matrix-rs/package.nix
index 0baaef3fe0eb..ed10361b7f68 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/we/weechat-matrix-rs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/we/weechat-matrix-rs/package.nix
@@ -13,26 +13,34 @@
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "weechat-matrix-rs";
   version = "0-unstable-2025-10-09";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "poljar";
     repo = "weechat-matrix-rs";
     rev = "4cc5777b630ba4d6a9c964248531f283178a4717";
     hash = "sha256-CF4xDoRYey9F8/XSW/euNb8IjZXyP6k0Nj61shsmyEo=";
   };
+
+  patches = [ ./increase-recursion-limit.patch ];
+
   cargoHash = "sha256-jAlBCmLJfWWAUHd3ySB930iqAVXMh6ueba7xS///Rt0=";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     rustPlatform.bindgenHook
   ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     weechat
     openssl
     sqlite
   ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/lib/weechat/plugins
     mv $out/lib/libmatrix${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary} $out/lib/weechat/plugins/matrix${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
   '';
+
   passthru.tests.load-plugin =
     runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-test-load"
       {
@@ -50,6 +58,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
           exit 1
         fi
       '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Rust plugin for WeeChat to communicate over Matrix";
     homepage = "https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix-rs";