diff --git a/srcpkgs/gamehub/patches/vala.patch b/srcpkgs/gamehub/patches/vala.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3fafc4769a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gamehub/patches/vala.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+commit 57a0a05d9f664fca97c8531385a361fd4c68d861
+Author: q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date:   Sat Jan 4 23:25:33 2020 +0100
+
+    fix build with recent vala
+
+diff --git src/ui/dialogs/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialogTab.vala src/ui/dialogs/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialogTab.vala
+index 369dd34..a952db9 100644
+--- src/ui/dialogs/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialogTab.vala
++++ src/ui/dialogs/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialogTab.vala
+@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ namespace GameHub.UI.Dialogs.SettingsDialog
+ 	{
+ 		public SettingsDialog dialog { construct; protected get; }
+ 
+-		public SettingsDialogTab(SettingsDialog dlg)
+-		{
+-			Object(orientation: Orientation.VERTICAL, dialog: dlg);
+-		}
+-
+ 		construct
+ 		{
+ 			margin_start = margin_end = 8;
+diff --git src/ui/views/GameDetailsView/GameDetailsBlock.vala src/ui/views/GameDetailsView/GameDetailsBlock.vala
+index 0a03c39..06bf4a8 100644
+--- src/ui/views/GameDetailsView/GameDetailsBlock.vala
++++ src/ui/views/GameDetailsView/GameDetailsBlock.vala
+@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ namespace GameHub.UI.Views.GameDetailsView
+ 
+ 		public bool is_dialog { get; construct; }
+ 
+-		public GameDetailsBlock(Game game, bool is_dialog)
+-		{
+-			Object(game: game, orientation: Orientation.VERTICAL, is_dialog: is_dialog);
+-		}
+-
+ 		public abstract bool supports_game { get; }
+ 
+ 		protected void add_info_label(string title, string? text, bool multiline=true, bool markup=false, Container? parent=null)
+diff --git src/utils/downloader/Downloader.vala src/utils/downloader/Downloader.vala
+index 7005965..2efcaf9 100644
+--- src/utils/downloader/Downloader.vala
++++ src/utils/downloader/Downloader.vala
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace GameHub.Utils.Downloader
+ 			set { _status = value; status_change(_status); }
+ 		}
+ 
+-		public Download(File remote, File local, File local_tmp)
++		protected Download(File remote, File local, File local_tmp)
+ 		{
+ 			this.remote = remote;
+ 			this.local = local;
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace GameHub.Utils.Downloader
+ 
+ 	public abstract class PausableDownload: Download
+ 	{
+-		public PausableDownload(File remote, File local, File local_tmp)
++		protected PausableDownload(File remote, File local, File local_tmp)
+ 		{
+ 			base(remote, local, local_tmp);
+ 		}