diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-dictionary/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/gnome-dictionary/patches/meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..768494e2a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-dictionary/patches/meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- a/data/appdata/meson.build
++++ b/data/appdata/meson.build
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ appdata_conf = configuration_data()
+ appdata_conf.set('application_id', application_id)
+-i18n.merge_file('appdata',
++i18n.merge_file(
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: 'org.gnome.Dictionary.appdata.xml.in.in',
+     output: 'org.gnome.Dictionary.appdata.xml.in',
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ subdir('appdata')
+ desktop_conf = configuration_data()
+ desktop_conf.set('icon', application_id)
+ desktop_conf.set('application_id', application_id)
+-i18n.merge_file('desktop',
++i18n.merge_file(
+   input: configure_file(
+     input: 'org.gnome.Dictionary.desktop.in.in',
+     output: 'org.gnome.Dictionary.desktop.in',
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ sources = [
+ ]
+ 
+ foreach s: sources
+-  i18n.merge_file('sources',
++  i18n.merge_file(
+     input: '@0@.in'.format(s),
+     output: s,
+     install: true,