1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/addlicense/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/addlicense/default.nix
index 9b0dc691054a..532bf3464fb6 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/addlicense/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/addlicense/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-YMMHj6wctKtJi/rrcMIrLmNw/uvO6wCwokgYRQxcsFw=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Add support for Nix files. Upstream is slow with responding to PRs,
+    # patch backported from PR https://github.com/google/addlicense/pull/153.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/google/addlicense/commit/e0fb3f44cc7670dcc5cbcec2211c9ad238c5f9f1.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-XCAvL+HEa1hGc0GAnl+oYHKzBJ3I5ArS86vgABrP/Js=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   vendorHash = "sha256-2mncc21ecpv17Xp8PA9GIodoaCxNBacbbya/shU8T9Y=";
 
   subPackages = [ "." ];