diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
index 60fac91839a1..fd658aac5f44 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ self: let
     super = removeAttrs imported [ "dash" ];
 
     overrides = {
+      # upstream issue: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
+      org-transclusion =
+        if super.org-transclusion.version == "1.2.0"
+        then markBroken super.org-transclusion
+        else super.org-transclusion;
       rcirc-menu = markBroken super.rcirc-menu; # Missing file header
       cl-lib = null; # builtin
       tle = null; # builtin