diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/0001-Lower-CAP_SYS_NICE-from-the-ambient-set.patch b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/0001-Lower-CAP_SYS_NICE-from-the-ambient-set.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6408605aa43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/0001-Lower-CAP_SYS_NICE-from-the-ambient-set.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 232e480ab1303f37d37d295b57fdcbb6b6648bca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alois Wohlschlager <alois1@gmx-topmail.de>
+Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 16:12:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Lower CAP_SYS_NICE from the ambient set
+
+The capabilities wrapper raises CAP_SYS_NICE into the ambient set so it
+is inherited by the wrapped program. However, we don't want it to leak
+into the entire desktop environment.
+
+Lower the capability again at startup so that the kernel will clear it
+on exec.
+---
+ src/main_wayland.cpp | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/main_wayland.cpp b/src/main_wayland.cpp
+index 1720e14e7..f2bb446b0 100644
+--- a/src/main_wayland.cpp
++++ b/src/main_wayland.cpp
+@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
+ #include <QWindow>
+ #include <qplatformdefs.h>
+ 
++#include <linux/capability.h>
+ #include <sched.h>
++#include <sys/prctl.h>
+ #include <sys/resource.h>
+ 
+ #include <iomanip>
+@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ static QString automaticBackendSelection()
+ 
+ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ {
++    prctl(PR_CAP_AMBIENT, PR_CAP_AMBIENT_LOWER, CAP_SYS_NICE, 0, 0);
+     KWin::Application::setupMalloc();
+     KWin::Application::setupLocalizedString();
+     KWin::gainRealTime();
+-- 
+2.37.1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix
index 74c6b1b7faa5..46283eae26f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     ./0002-xwayland.patch
     ./0003-plugins-qpa-allow-using-nixos-wrapper.patch
     ./0001-NixOS-Unwrap-executable-name-for-.desktop-search.patch
+    ./0001-Lower-CAP_SYS_NICE-from-the-ambient-set.patch
     # Pass special environments through arguemnts to `kwin_wayland`, bypassing
     # ld.so(8) environment stripping due to `kwin_wayland`'s capabilities.
     # We need this to have `TZDIR` correctly set for `plasmashell`, or