diff --git a/srcpkgs/afew/patches/database-path.patch b/srcpkgs/afew/patches/database-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..306f674e081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/afew/patches/database-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+commit 5a67af37109c71f99de508a2d1fd074ff948d224
+Author: Yann Autissier <yann.autissier@gmail.com>
+Date:   Mon Dec 6 19:29:57 2021 +0100
+
+    Get notmuch database path using Database wrapper
+    
+    It fixes #303 and closes #267, allowing FolderNameFilter to work with
+    relative path in database.path of notmuch config file.
+
+diff --git a/afew/filters/FolderNameFilter.py b/afew/filters/FolderNameFilter.py
+index effe949..af8ed78 100644
+--- a/afew/filters/FolderNameFilter.py
++++ b/afew/filters/FolderNameFilter.py
+@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
+ # Copyright (c) dtk <dtk@gmx.de>
+ 
+ from afew.filters.BaseFilter import Filter
+-from afew.NotmuchSettings import notmuch_settings
+ import re
+ import shlex
+ 
+@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class FolderNameFilter(Filter):
+         super().__init__(database)
+ 
+         self.__filename_pattern = '{mail_root}/(?P<maildirs>.*)/(cur|new)/[^/]+'.format(
+-            mail_root=notmuch_settings.get('database', 'path').rstrip('/'))
++            mail_root=database.db_path.rstrip('/'))
+         self.__folder_explicit_list = set(shlex.split(folder_explicit_list))
+         self.__folder_blacklist = set(shlex.split(folder_blacklist))
+         self.__folder_transforms = self.__parse_transforms(folder_transforms)