diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nethogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/nethogs/default.nix
index 872e22a4f2ab..c26cb527f55e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nethogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/nethogs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, libpcap }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ncurses, libpcap }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nethogs";
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0sn1sdp86akwlm4r1vmkxjjl50c0xaisk91bbz57z7kcsaphxna9";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream patch for ncurses-6.3 support:
+    #  https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/pull/210
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "ncurses-6.3.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/commit/455daf357da7f394763e5b93b11b3defe1f82ed1.patch";
+      sha256 = "0wkp0yr6qg1asgvmsn7blf7rq48sh5k4n3w0nxf5869hxvkhnnzs";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ ncurses libpcap ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "VERSION=${version}" "nethogs" ];