diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-authenticator/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/gnome-authenticator/patches/meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eade2e1241b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-authenticator/patches/meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ configure_file(
+ desktop_conf = configuration_data()
+ desktop_conf.set('APP_ID', application_id)
+ desktop_file = i18n.merge_file(
+-  'desktop',
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: meson.project_name() + '.desktop.in.in',
+     output: '@BASENAME@',
+@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ appdata_conf = configuration_data()
+ appdata_conf.set('APP_ID', application_id)
+ appdata_conf.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', gettext_package)
+ appdata_file = i18n.merge_file(
+-  'appdata',
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: meson.project_name() + '.appdata.xml.in.in',
+     output: '@BASENAME@',