diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
index bc66791ad36..e7479957444 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook,
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook, fetchpatch,
   fuse, libmspack, openssl, pam, xercesc, icu, libdnet, procps, libtirpc, rpcsvc-proto,
   libX11, libXext, libXinerama, libXi, libXrender, libXrandr, libXtst,
   pkg-config, glib, gdk-pixbuf-xlib, gtk3, gtkmm3, iproute2, dbus, systemd, which,
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ fuse glib icu libdnet libmspack libtirpc openssl pam procps rpcsvc-proto xercesc ]
       ++ lib.optionals withX [ gdk-pixbuf-xlib gtk3 gtkmm3 libX11 libXext libXinerama libXi libXrender libXrandr libXtst ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix building with glib 2.68. Remove after next release.
+    # We drop AUTHORS due to conflicts when applying.
+    # https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/505
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/82931a1bcb39d5132910c7fb2ddc086c51d06662.patch";
+      stripLen = 1;
+      excludes = [ "AUTHORS" ];
+      sha256 = "0yz5hnngr5vd4416hvmh8734a9vxa18d2xd37kl7if0p9vik6zlg";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
      # Build bugfix for 10.1.0, stolen from Arch PKGBUILD
      mkdir -p common-agent/etc/config