diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libgnomeui/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libgnomeui/default.nix
index d30c38a2cfc4..24cd851eef6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libgnomeui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libgnomeui/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, xorg, glib, pango
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, libxml2, xorg, glib, pango
 , intltool, libgnome, libgnomecanvas, libbonoboui, GConf, libtool
 , gnome_vfs, libgnome_keyring, libglade }:
 
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "0001-gnome-scores.h-Convert-to-UTF-8.patch";
+      url = https://github.com/GNOME/libgnomeui/commit/30334c28794ef85d8973f4ed0779b5ceed6594f2.diff;
+      sha256 = "1sn8j8dkam14wfkpw8nga3gk63wniff243mzv3jp0fvv52q8sqhk";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
   buildInputs =
     [ xorg.xlibsWrapper libxml2 GConf pango glib libgnome_keyring libglade libtool ];