diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/khotkeys.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/khotkeys.nix
index 760a2a4ee375..97beabc6b513 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/khotkeys.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/khotkeys.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 { plasmaPackage, ecm, kdoctools, kcmutils
 , kdbusaddons, kdelibs4support, kglobalaccel, ki18n, kio, kxmlgui
 , plasma-framework, plasma-workspace, qtx11extras
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 plasmaPackage {
   name = "khotkeys";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ ecm kdoctools ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # Patch is in 5.9 and up.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://cgit.kde.org/khotkeys.git/patch/?id=f8f7eaaf41e2b95ebfa4b2e35c6ee252524a471b";
+      sha256 = "1jpd9zwrvp7pwv6v5cx6aqr2p1zhismpig7xv71wfxi7skfh3389";
+    })
+  ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     kdelibs4support kglobalaccel ki18n kio plasma-framework plasma-workspace
     qtx11extras kcmutils kdbusaddons kxmlgui