diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
index 9e07c0dd4c88..c6430af55608 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpng, libX11, libXft }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpng, libX11, libXft
+, patches ? [] }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "sent-0.2";
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libpng libX11 libXft ];
 
+  inherit patches;
+
   installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {