diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
index 6693e80e1161..7ee983ef6f9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, llvmPackages, openssl, apple_sdk, emacs, pkg-config }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, llvmPackages, openssl, apple_sdk, emacs, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rtags";
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
   };
 
+  # This should be fixed with the next verison bump
+  # https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags/issues/1411
+  patches = [(fetchpatch {
+    name = "define-obsolete-function-alias.patch";
+    url = "https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags/commit/63f18acb21e664fd92fbc19465f0b5df085b5e93.patch";
+    sha256 = "sha256-dmEPtnk8Pylmf5479ovHKItRZ+tJuOWuYOQbWB/si/Y=";
+  })];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     export LIBCLANG_CXXFLAGS="-isystem ${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/include $(llvm-config --cxxflags) -fexceptions" \
            LIBCLANG_LIBDIR="${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/lib"