diff --git a/srcpkgs/devhelp/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/devhelp/patches/meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfea339688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/devhelp/patches/meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From f1c27fd4eaa59e86005f9698bb839451a2f0ef44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: r-value <i@rvalue.moe>
+Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:02:20 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove incorrect arg for i18n.merge_file
+
+`i18n.merge_file` has been ignoring positional arguments and
+explicitly rejects with error "ERROR: Function does not take
+positional arguments" since meson 0.60.0
+---
+ data/meson.build                 | 2 --
+ plugins/gedit-plugin/meson.build | 1 -
+ 2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
+index c6aeffb4..0bc531a2 100644
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ appdata_conf = configuration_data()
+ appdata_conf.set('application_id', APPLICATION_ID)
+ appdata = APPLICATION_ID + '.appdata.xml'
+ appdata_file = I18N.merge_file(
+-  appdata,
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: 'org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml.in.in',
+     output: APPLICATION_ID + '.appdata.xml.in',
+@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ desktop_conf = configuration_data()
+ desktop_conf.set('application_id', APPLICATION_ID)
+ desktop = APPLICATION_ID + '.desktop'
+ desktop_file = I18N.merge_file(
+-  desktop,
+   type: 'desktop',
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: 'org.gnome.Devhelp.desktop.in.in',
+diff --git a/plugins/gedit-plugin/meson.build b/plugins/gedit-plugin/meson.build
+index 4f779886..877a01ff 100644
+--- a/plugins/gedit-plugin/meson.build
++++ b/plugins/gedit-plugin/meson.build
+@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ install_data(
+ 
+ plugin_info_file = 'devhelp.plugin'
+ I18N.merge_file(
+-  plugin_info_file,
+   type: 'desktop',
+   input: plugin_info_file + '.desktop.in',
+   output: plugin_info_file,
+-- 
+GitLab
+