diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ac/ace-of-penguins/fix-wayland-segfault.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ac/ace-of-penguins/fix-wayland-segfault.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e2d0a63aee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ac/ace-of-penguins/fix-wayland-segfault.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/lib/help.c b/lib/help.c
+--- a/lib/help.c
++++ b/lib/help.c
+@@ -177,8 +177,12 @@
+   for (i=0; i<17; i++)
+   {
+     if (!fonts[i])
+       fonts[i] = XLoadQueryFont(display, i & STYLE_TT ? "fixed" : "variable");
++    if (!fonts[i])
++      fonts[i] = XLoadQueryFont(display, "fixed");
++    if (!fonts[i])
++      return;
+     thin_space[i] = XTextWidth(fonts[i], " ", 1);
+   }
+   for (i=0; i<NTAGS; i++)
+     tags[i].taglen = strlen(tags[i].tag);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ac/ace-of-penguins/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ac/ace-of-penguins/package.nix
index b93d73335c51..1f552e78cf05 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ac/ace-of-penguins/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ac/ace-of-penguins/package.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./fix-gcc-14.patch
     # error: initialization of 'void (*)(int,  int,  int)' from incompatible pointer type 'void (*)(void)' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
     ./fix-gcc-15.patch
+    # fixes Wayland segfault from missing X11 fonts by providing a fallback
+    ./fix-wayland-segfault.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [