diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
index 1b87b1b0a27b..2be2f501518e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         gtk = gtk2.out;
         gdk_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf.out;
       })
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isAarch64 (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/qt/raw/ecf530486e0fb7fe31bad26805cde61115562b2b/f/qt-aarch64.patch";
+        sha256 = "1fbjh78nmafqmj7yk67qwjbhl3f6ylkp6x33b1dqxfw9gld8b3gl";
+      })
     ++ [
       (fetchpatch {
         name = "fix-medium-font.patch";