diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
index ad25e4f8b1c..523dc6aab83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , makeWrapper
 , pkg-config
 , which
@@ -25,6 +26,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/src";
 
+  # make default colors readable on dark background
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/commit/78d2fdaaf2c578691e68fb5bd773803cb967ddba.patch";
+      sha256 = "09716zsqa9qdsj2qpkji8wlzsmp9gl66ggvrg7lmrwwnvli2zn2w";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/commit/f29d6605c8170febcec0dea7bda9613bee3b7011.patch";
+      sha256 = "1zs1sb23g0k6lig4d0qdzq1wdhcdzl424ch567zyjl191lyhsjyg";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  patchFlags = [ "-p2" ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeWrapper
     pkg-config