diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 19c119ad74c6..ca3d16d1f9be 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ in
       "--with-xorg-conf-dir=$(out)/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
       "--with-udev-rules-dir=$(out)/lib/udev/rules.d"
     ];
+    patches = [( args.fetchpatch {
+      url = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-vmmouse/patch/"
+        + "?id=1cbbc03c4b37d57760c57bd2e0b0f89d744a5795";
+      sha256 = "1qkhwj2yal0cz15lv9557d10ylvxlq05ibq43pm2rrvqdg3mb6h4";
+    })];
   };
 
   xf86videoati = attrs: attrs // {