diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/qbittorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/qbittorrent/default.nix
index 599e569d3eb..b69906f8eb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/qbittorrent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/qbittorrent/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkgconfig
 , boost, libtorrentRasterbar, qtbase, qttools, qtsvg
 , debugSupport ? false # Debugging
 , guiSupport ? true, dbus ? null # GUI (disable to run headless)
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1756hr92rvh4xlf6bk2wl24ypczhwf1rv1pdq05flk118jciqb05";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-desktop-file-regression.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/commit/078325a3eb85c286b9a3454192ed2deadeda604c.patch";
+      sha256 = "1xhpd4ncy2m9zxsllizkry2013ij0ii9p8b8jbb35sazw5p50c96";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # NOTE: 2018-05-31: CMake is working but it is not officially supported
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];