diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
index 092ad6bf4780..ad3bd499cde9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, python, file, bc
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, python, file, bc, fetchpatch
 , qtbase, qtsvg, hunspell, makeWrapper #, mythes, boost
 }:
 
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --prefix PATH : '${python}/bin'
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/app-office/lyx/files/lyx-2.3.0-qt-5.11.patch?id=07e82fd1fc07bf055c78b81eaa128f8f837da80d";
+      sha256 = "1bnx0il2iv36lnrnyb370wyvww0rd8bphcy6z8d7zmvd3pwhyfql";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "WYSIWYM frontend for LaTeX, DocBook";
     homepage = http://www.lyx.org;