diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix
index 87070ac1fb72..ec8c9962125e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitea, pkg-config, meson, ninja, scdoc
-, freetype, fontconfig, pixman, tllist, check
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitea, fetchpatch, pkg-config, meson, ninja, scdoc
+, freetype, fontconfig, nanosvg, pixman, tllist, check
 # Text shaping methods to enable, empty list disables all text shaping.
 # See `availableShapingTypes` or upstream meson_options.txt for available types.
 , withShapingTypes ? [ "grapheme" "run" ]
@@ -27,15 +27,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-Wgm2QdW4rg573soF/8HhDmlyN4S2cA0VWOejow464gU=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "system-nanosvg.patch";
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fcft/commit/5cee776e1d7f1bdb0df383c3dd798831a6fe4fa0.patch";
+      excludes = [ "CHANGELOG.md" ];
+      hash = "sha256-yRBtKCKT/Oih66/OQqt4GPg3GfHmhiLM8mlLEWYYRC0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   depsBuildBuild = [ pkg-config ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config meson ninja scdoc ];
-  buildInputs = [ freetype fontconfig pixman tllist ]
+  buildInputs = [ freetype fontconfig nanosvg pixman tllist ]
     ++ lib.optionals (withShapingTypes != []) [ harfbuzz ]
     ++ lib.optionals (builtins.elem "run" withShapingTypes) [ utf8proc ];
   nativeCheckInputs = [ check ];
 
   mesonBuildType = "release";
-  mesonFlags = builtins.map (t:
+  mesonFlags = [
+    (lib.mesonEnable "system-nanosvg" true)
+  ] ++ builtins.map (t:
     lib.mesonEnable "${t}-shaping" (lib.elem t withShapingTypes)
   ) availableShapingTypes;