diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/bitlbee-facebook/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/bitlbee-facebook/default.nix
index 8023c70fe5fd..95bf8c026627 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/bitlbee-facebook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/bitlbee-facebook/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, bitlbee, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, glib, json-glib }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, stdenv, bitlbee, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, json-glib }:
 
-with lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bitlbee-facebook";
   version = "1.2.1";
@@ -12,6 +11,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1yjhjhk3jzjip13lq009vlg84lm2lzwhac5jy0aq3vkcz6rp94rc";
   };
 
+  # TODO: This patch should be included with the next release after v1.2.1
+  #       these lines should be removed when this happens.
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+        name = "FB_ORCA_AGENT_version_bump.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee-facebook/commit/49ea312d98b0578b9b2c1ff759e2cfa820a41f4d.patch";
+        sha256 = "0nzyyg8pw4f2jcickcpxq7r2la5wgl7q6iz94lhzybrkhss5753d";
+      }
+    )
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ bitlbee json-glib ];
@@ -21,11 +31,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./autogen.sh
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "The Facebook protocol plugin for bitlbee";
-
     homepage = "https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee-facebook";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ toonn ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }