diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index a6bf0a585fb7..fd07336b0d34 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchurl
 , fetchpatch
+, fetchpatch2
 , Security
 
 , storeDir ? "/nix/store"
@@ -37,6 +38,14 @@ let
         boehmgc = boehmgc-nix;
         aws-sdk-cpp = aws-sdk-cpp-nix;
       };
+
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7473
+  patch-sqlite-exception = fetchpatch2 {
+    name = "nix-7473-sqlite-exception-add-message.patch";
+    url = "https://github.com/hercules-ci/nix/commit/c965f35de71cc9d88f912f6b90fd7213601e6eb8.patch";
+    sha256 = "sha256-tI5nKU7SZgsJrxiskJ5nHZyfrWf5aZyKYExM0792N80=";
+  };
+
 in lib.makeExtensible (self: {
   nix_2_3 = (common rec {
     version = "2.3.16";
@@ -88,6 +97,7 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: {
         url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/3ade5f5d6026b825a80bdcc221058c4f14e10a27.patch";
         sha256 = "sha256-s1ybRFCjQaSGj7LKu0Z5g7UiHqdJGeD+iPoQL0vaiS0=";
       })
+      patch-sqlite-exception
     ];
   };
 
@@ -102,6 +112,7 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: {
         url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/3ade5f5d6026b825a80bdcc221058c4f14e10a27.patch";
         sha256 = "sha256-s1ybRFCjQaSGj7LKu0Z5g7UiHqdJGeD+iPoQL0vaiS0=";
       })
+      patch-sqlite-exception
     ];
   };
 
@@ -116,6 +127,7 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: {
         url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/3ade5f5d6026b825a80bdcc221058c4f14e10a27.patch";
         sha256 = "sha256-s1ybRFCjQaSGj7LKu0Z5g7UiHqdJGeD+iPoQL0vaiS0=";
       })
+      patch-sqlite-exception
     ];
   };
 
@@ -124,6 +136,7 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: {
     sha256 = "sha256-sQ9C101CL/eVN5JgH91ozHFWU4+bXr8/Fi/8NQk6xRI=";
     patches = [
       ./patches/flaky-tests.patch
+      patch-sqlite-exception
     ];
   };