diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix
index 1f6fb31d93db..1d93174ec65d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
 , alsa-lib
 , dbus
 , ell
@@ -49,6 +50,17 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ] ++ lib.optional doCheck "test";
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/0905a06410d4a5189f0be81e25eb3c3e8a2199c5
+    # which fixes https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/329
+    # and is already merged upstream and not yet in a release.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "StateDirectory_and_ConfigurationDirectory.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/0905a06410d4a5189f0be81e25eb3c3e8a2199c5.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-MI6yPTiDLHsSTjLvNqtWnuy2xUMYpSat1WhMbeoedSM=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace tools/hid2hci.rules \
       --replace /sbin/udevadm ${systemd}/bin/udevadm \