diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-calendar/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/gnome-calendar/patches/meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2df31e0760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-calendar/patches/meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/data/appdata/meson.build
++++ b/data/appdata/meson.build
+@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+ appdata_conf = configuration_data()
+ appdata_conf.set('appid', application_id)
+ appdata = i18n.merge_file(
+-  'appdata',
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: files('org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in'),
+     output: 'org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in',