diff --git a/distros/kinetic/overrides.nix b/distros/kinetic/overrides.nix
index 462a31e7de..7721a185f9 100644
--- a/distros/kinetic/overrides.nix
+++ b/distros/kinetic/overrides.nix
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ rosSelf: rosSuper: with rosSelf.lib; {
     buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ rosSelf.librealsense ];
   });
 
+  rosfmt = patchVendorUrl rosSuper.rosfmt {
+    url = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases/download/5.2.1/fmt-5.2.1.zip";
+    sha256 = "1kdnzwlxnvdydnq4apdrhvx331014gy4w0m84gjwj7snzsw4m2a3";
+  };
+
   rospack = rosSuper.rospack.overrideAttrs ({
     patches ? [], ...
   }: {
diff --git a/distros/melodic/overrides.nix b/distros/melodic/overrides.nix
index 1e9b81de90..0afb1cb231 100644
--- a/distros/melodic/overrides.nix
+++ b/distros/melodic/overrides.nix
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ rosSelf: rosSuper: with rosSelf.lib; {
       })
     ];
   });
+
+  rosfmt = patchVendorUrl rosSuper.rosfmt {
+    url = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases/download/6.0.0/fmt-6.0.0.zip";
+    sha256 = "0h148anbaqgch6n69pxsvs1c9wmykgd052wmzgdia7qpz8w6p8dl";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/distros/noetic/overrides.nix b/distros/noetic/overrides.nix
index 9a347d72f5..7aa66c9552 100644
--- a/distros/noetic/overrides.nix
+++ b/distros/noetic/overrides.nix
@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@ rosSelf: rosSuper: with rosSelf.lib; {
       })
     ];
   });
+
+  rosfmt = patchVendorUrl rosSuper.rosfmt {
+    url = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases/download/6.0.0/fmt-6.0.0.zip";
+    sha256 = "0h148anbaqgch6n69pxsvs1c9wmykgd052wmzgdia7qpz8w6p8dl";
+  };
 }