diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitg/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/gitg/patches/meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..330d45fc5ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitg/patches/meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From c81e1579afe7f221371b6866c25f388f48747728 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>
+Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:54:31 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: fix build with meson 0.61
+
+i18n.merge_file doesn't accept positional arguments
+---
+ data/meson.build | 2 --
+ 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
+index a8b90fd1..2413531d 100644
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ desktop_config = configuration_data()
+ desktop_config.set('icon', application_id)
+ desktop_config.set('binary', gitg_name)
+ i18n.merge_file(
+-  desktop,
+   type: 'desktop',
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: desktop + '.in.in',
+@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ appdata_config = configuration_data()
+ appdata_config.set('app-id', application_id)
+ appdata_config.set('gettext', gitg_name)
+ i18n.merge_file(
+-  appdata,
+   type: 'xml',
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: appdata + '.in.in',
+-- 
+2.34.1
+