diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glslviewer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glslviewer/package.nix
index a367e8b89296..5e6e02cae010 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glslviewer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glslviewer/package.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     python3
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/vera/pull/31/changes
+  patches = [ ./patches/0001-fix-miniaudio-device-id-handling.patch ];
   postInstall = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/share/thumbnailers/glslViewer.thumbnailer \
       --replace-fail "TryExec=glslThumbnailer" "TryExec=$out/bin/glslThumbnailer" \
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glslviewer/patches/0001-fix-miniaudio-device-id-handling.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glslviewer/patches/0001-fix-miniaudio-device-id-handling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d98c869ae71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glslviewer/patches/0001-fix-miniaudio-device-id-handling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/deps/vera/src/gl/textureStreamAudio.cpp
++++ b/deps/vera/src/gl/textureStreamAudio.cpp
+@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ TextureStreamAudio::TextureStreamAudio(): TextureStream() {
+     m_dft_buffer = (float*)av_malloc_array(sizeof(float), m_buf_len);
+     m_buffer_wr.resize(m_buf_len, 0);
+     m_buffer_re.resize(m_buf_len, 0);
+-    m_dft_buffer = nullptr;
+ }