diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/codex/no-daemon_auto_start.patch b/pkgs/by-name/co/codex/no-daemon_auto_start.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56fab3abe647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/codex/no-daemon_auto_start.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/features/src/lib.rs
++++ b/features/src/lib.rs
+@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@
+         id: Feature::DaemonAutoStart,
+         key: "daemon_auto_start",
+         stage: Stage::Stable,
+-        default_enabled: true,
++        default_enabled: false,
+     },
+     FeatureSpec {
+         id: Feature::TranscriptV2,
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/codex/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/codex/package.nix
index 74b6c397d282..a57aecab1feb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/codex/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/codex/package.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     "codex-code-mode-host"
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/48195
+    ./no-daemon_auto_start.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Cargo.toml \
       --replace-fail 'lto = "thin"' "" \