diff --git a/srcpkgs/io.elementary.photos/patches/fix-meson.patch b/srcpkgs/io.elementary.photos/patches/fix-meson.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..779b4dcdbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/io.elementary.photos/patches/fix-meson.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+From 27e529fc96da828982563e2e19a6f0cef883a29e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz@ubuntu.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:35:53 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: Properly include config.vapi and config.h (#578)
+
+---
+ meson.build     | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
+ src/meson.build | 13 -------------
+ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git meson.build meson.build
+index 5edb5314..9bebaca0 100644
+--- meson.build
++++ meson.build
+@@ -11,14 +11,33 @@ add_project_arguments([
+         '-Wno-unused',
+         '-Wl,--enable-new-dtags',
+ 
++        '-include', 'config.h',
+         '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="@0@"'.format(meson.project_name())
+     ],
+     language: 'c',
+ )
++add_project_arguments([
++        '--vapidir', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'vapi'),
++        '--pkg', 'config',
++    ],
++    language: 'vala',
++)
+ 
+ libexecdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'), meson.project_name())
+ pluginsdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir'), meson.project_name(), 'plugins')
+ 
++conf_data = configuration_data()
++conf_data.set_quoted('PROJECT_NAME', meson.project_name())
++conf_data.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
++conf_data.set_quoted('_VERSION', meson.project_version())
++conf_data.set_quoted('_PREFIX', get_option('prefix'))
++conf_data.set_quoted('_LIB', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir')))
++conf_data.set_quoted('_LIBEXECDIR', libexecdir)
++config_header = configure_file(
++    output : 'config.h',
++    configuration : conf_data
++)
++
+ gnome = import('gnome')
+ i18n = import('i18n')
+ 
+@@ -52,7 +71,6 @@ gstreamer_plugins_base_vapi = meson.get_compiler('vala').find_library('gstreamer
+ gstreamer_plugins_base_dep = declare_dependency(dependencies: [gstreamer_plugins_base_vapi])
+ lconv_dep = meson.get_compiler('vala').find_library('LConv', dirs: join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'vapi'))
+ linux_dep = meson.get_compiler('vala').find_library('linux')
+-config_dep = meson.get_compiler('vala').find_library('config', dirs: join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'vapi'))
+ 
+ vapi_include = include_directories('./vapi')
+ 
+@@ -82,7 +100,6 @@ dependencies = [
+     webkit2gtk_dep,
+     lconv_dep,
+     linux_dep,
+-    config_dep
+ ]
+ 
+ add_project_arguments(['--vapidir', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'vapi')], language: 'vala')
+diff --git src/meson.build src/meson.build
+index 45bf4c1b..1215d778 100644
+--- src/meson.build
++++ src/meson.build
+@@ -4,18 +4,6 @@ library_files = files(
+     'plugins/TransitionsInterfaces.vala'
+ )
+ 
+-conf_data = configuration_data()
+-conf_data.set_quoted('PROJECT_NAME', meson.project_name())
+-conf_data.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
+-conf_data.set_quoted('_VERSION', meson.project_version())
+-conf_data.set_quoted('_PREFIX', get_option('prefix'))
+-conf_data.set_quoted('_LIB', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir')))
+-conf_data.set_quoted('_LIBEXECDIR', libexecdir)
+-config_header = configure_file(
+-    output : 'config.h',
+-    configuration : conf_data
+-)
+-
+ photos_files = files(
+     'AppDirs.vala',
+     'Application.vala',
+@@ -233,7 +221,6 @@ photos_exe = executable(
+     meson.project_name(),
+     photos_files,
+     library_files,
+-    config_header,
+     icons_gresource,
+     global_gresource,
+     dependencies: dependencies,