diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-settings-daemon/patches/meson-fix-string-bool-comparison.patch b/srcpkgs/gnome-settings-daemon/patches/meson-fix-string-bool-comparison.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19cb682ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-settings-daemon/patches/meson-fix-string-bool-comparison.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 28e28e9e598342c897ae5ca350d0da6f4aea057b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
+Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:02:36 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] build: Fix str/bool comparison
+
+gnome-settings-daemon/meson.build:87: WARNING: Trying to compare values of different types (str, bool) using ==.
+The result of this is undefined and will become a hard error in a future Meson release.
+---
+ meson.build | 4 +---
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index fdf71713..ba2a90ca 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ elif gsd_buildtype.contains('release')
+   common_flags += ['-DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS']
+ endif
+ 
+-# Workaround for meson's bug
+-# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/1896
+-if get_option('b_ndebug') == true
++if get_option('b_ndebug') == 'true'
+   common_flags += ['-DG_DISABLE_ASSERT']
+ endif
+ 
+-- 
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+