diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
index ecc6f1503f8..e61d0acd8a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
+, fetchpatch
 , fetchurl
 , gettext
 , meson
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "Wtb1vJd4Hr9V7NaUfNSuf/QZJRZYDRC9g4Dx3UcZbtI=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-test-order.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs utils/data-generators/cc/generate
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
@@ -78,11 +87,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  patches = [ ./drop-sparql-test.patch ];
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs utils/data-generators/cc/generate
-  '';
-
   preCheck = ''
     # (tracker-store:6194): Tracker-CRITICAL **: 09:34:07.722: Cannot initialize database: Could not open sqlite3 database:'/homeless-shelter/.cache/tracker/meta.db': unable to open database file
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/drop-sparql-test.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/drop-sparql-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 70e06167d27..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/drop-sparql-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker/-/issues/370
---- a/tests/libtracker-data/meson.build
-+++ b/tests/libtracker-data/meson.build
-@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@
- libtracker_data_slow_tests = [
-     'ontology',
--    'sparql'
- ]
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/fix-test-order.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/fix-test-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..baa15b18abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/fix-test-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+diff --git a/tests/libtracker-data/algebra/filter-scope-1.rq b/tests/libtracker-data/algebra/filter-scope-1.rq
+index 7ee5a24ad..a8cd89ca9 100644
+--- a/tests/libtracker-data/algebra/filter-scope-1.rq
++++ b/tests/libtracker-data/algebra/filter-scope-1.rq
+@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ SELECT ?v ?w ?v2
+       OPTIONAL {  :x :p ?v2 FILTER(?v = 1) }
+     }
+ }
++ORDER BY ?v ?w ?v2