diff --git a/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix b/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix
index d1def374009..a25111bddfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
       url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/anki/2.1.15+dfsg-3/debian/patches/fix-mpv-args.patch";
       sha256 = "1dimnnawk64m5bbdbjrxw5k08q95l728n94cgkrrwxwavmmywaj2";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "anki-2.1.15-unescape.patch";
+      url = "https://795309.bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=715200";
+      sha256 = "14rz864kdaba4fd1marwkyz9n1jiqnbjy4al8bvwlhpvp0rm1qk6";
+    })
   ];
 
   # Anki does not use setup.py