diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/neomutt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/neomutt/default.nix
index 699d08536fb..96ca3db79f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/neomutt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/neomutt/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , ncurses, perl , cyrus_sasl, gss, gpgme, kerberos, libidn, libxml2, notmuch, openssl
 , lmdb, libxslt, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_42, elinks, mailcap, runtimeShell, sqlite, zlib
 , glibcLocales
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -21,6 +22,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mailcap sqlite
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # To be removed on next release. Fixes two bugs in the sidebar behavior.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/96753674e70edb695c1dc7af73e3317956c1b259.patch";
+      sha256 = "0yjmgdfhn8ra7bc3d40c3c29imgpgbhzphjxp6575llh9kw5h53s";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6078653c9233644ca76c24bdb64e49bd443dd714.patch";
+      sha256 = "1s1p86bqpc9xq9z5qfh0mxxh6syps8shq0dm7bbkg1bz7qya5phy";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_42 gettext libxml2 libxslt.bin makeWrapper tcl which zlib elinks
   ];