diff --git a/srcpkgs/tootle/patches/vala-0.56b.patch b/srcpkgs/tootle/patches/vala-0.56b.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2432c03c28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/tootle/patches/vala-0.56b.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+diff --git a/src/API/NotificationType.vala b/src/API/NotificationType.vala
+index c3f4420..15ba2ae 100644
+--- a/src/API/NotificationType.vala
++++ b/src/API/NotificationType.vala
+@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ public enum Tootle.API.NotificationType {
+     FAVOURITE,
+     FOLLOW,
+     FOLLOW_REQUEST,     // Internal
+-    WATCHLIST;          // Internal
++    WATCHLIST,          // Internal
++    NONE;		// Internal
+ 
+     public string to_string () {
+         switch (this) {
+diff --git a/src/Widgets/Notification.vala b/src/Widgets/Notification.vala
+index 3e2fe54..41ed71f 100644
+--- a/src/Widgets/Notification.vala
++++ b/src/Widgets/Notification.vala
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class Tootle.Widgets.Notification : Widgets.Status {
+     }
+ 
+     protected override void on_kind_changed () {
+-        if (kind == null)
++        if (kind == API.NotificationType.NONE)
+             return;
+ 
+         header_icon.visible = header_label.visible = true;
+diff --git a/src/Widgets/Status.vala b/src/Widgets/Status.vala
+index ef51340..ce1c951 100644
+--- a/src/Widgets/Status.vala
++++ b/src/Widgets/Status.vala
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using Gdk;
+ public class Tootle.Widgets.Status : ListBoxRow {
+ 
+ 	public API.Status status { get; construct set; }
+-	public API.NotificationType? kind { get; construct set; }
++	public API.NotificationType kind { get; construct set; }
+ 
+ 	public enum ThreadRole {
+ 		NONE,
+@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class Tootle.Widgets.Status : ListBoxRow {
+ 		notify["kind"].connect (on_kind_changed);
+ 		open.connect (on_open);
+ 
+-		if (kind == null) {
++		if (kind == API.NotificationType.NONE) {
+ 			if (status.reblog != null)
+ 				kind = API.NotificationType.REBLOG_REMOTE_USER;
+ 		}
+@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class Tootle.Widgets.Status : ListBoxRow {
+ 		menu_button.clicked.connect (open_menu);
+ 	}
+ 
+-	public Status (owned API.Status status, API.NotificationType? kind = null) {
++	public Status (owned API.Status status, API.NotificationType kind = API.NotificationType.NONE) {
+ 		Object (
+ 			status: status,
+ 			kind: kind
+@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ public class Tootle.Widgets.Status : ListBoxRow {
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	protected virtual void on_kind_changed () {
+-		header_icon.visible = header_label.visible = (kind != null);
+-		if (kind == null)
++		header_icon.visible = header_label.visible = (kind != API.NotificationType.NONE);
++		if (kind == API.NotificationType.NONE)
+ 			return;
+ 
+ 		header_icon.icon_name = kind.get_icon ();