diff --git a/srcpkgs/dconf/patches/fix-build-meson-052.patch b/srcpkgs/dconf/patches/fix-build-meson-052.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc4e088b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dconf/patches/fix-build-meson-052.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From cc32667c5d7d9ff95e65cc21f59905d8f9218394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Diego Escalante Urrelo <diegoe@gnome.org>
+Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 05:51:22 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] build: Update use of link_whole for meson-0.52
+
+A regression in meson-0.52 caused uses of link_whole to expose scenarios
+where duplicate symbols issues could appear. In particular
+libdconf_client_dep was being link_whole'd to itself, which recursively
+already included libdconf_common which was also a link_whole.
+
+This change does not modify the available symbols in libdconf.so, and is
+compatible with meson-0.52 and 0.51.
+
+See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/6030
+Fixes: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/dconf/issues/59
+---
+ client/meson.build | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/client/meson.build b/client/meson.build
+index f3b7122..de6387e 100644
+--- client/meson.build
++++ client/meson.build
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ libdconf_client = static_library(
+ 
+ libdconf_client_dep = declare_dependency(
+   dependencies: gio_dep,
+-  link_whole: libdconf_client,
++  link_with: libdconf_client,
+ )
+ 
+ libdconf = shared_library(