diff --git a/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/path.patch b/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75117e66c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/libbalsa/html.c
++++ b/libbalsa/html.c
+@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
+  * not exist.  Thus, this variable should be set for testing/development,
+  * and unset for release builds to avoid leaking the build folder name.
+  */
+-#define WEB_EXT_CHECK_BUILDDIR	1
++#ifdef WEB_EXT_CHECK_BUILDDIR
++#undef WEB_EXT_CHECK_BUILDDIR
++#endif
+ 
+ 
+ #define CID_REGEX	"<[^>]*src\\s*=\\s*['\"]?\\s*cid:"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/balsa/template b/srcpkgs/balsa/template
index dca7c22444a..d327726f9ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/balsa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/balsa/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'balsa'
 pkgname=balsa
 version=2.6.4
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dlibsecret=true -Dsqlite=true
  -Dhtml-widget=webkit2 -Dspell-checker=gspell"