diff --git a/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/Cargo.lock b/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/Cargo.lock
index b1cc23695b307..ffdeb1c90618b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/Cargo.lock
+++ b/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/Cargo.lock
@@ -996,9 +996,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-serialize"
-version = "0.3.24"
+version = "0.3.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dcf128d1287d2ea9d80910b5f1120d0b8eede3fbf1abe91c40d39ea7d51e6fda"
+checksum = "fe834bc780604f4674073badbad26d7219cadfb4a2275802db12cbae17498401"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/default.nix
index 6ffaf29a77d31..5c51ff25d1efd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-xl9+k6xJp5/t1QPOYfnBLyYprhhrzjzByDKkT3dtVVQ=";
   };
 
+  cargoPatches = [ ./rustc-serialize-fix.patch ];
+
   cargoLock = {
     lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
     outputHashes = {
@@ -36,5 +38,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ esau79p ];
     mainProgram = "aw-watcher-window-wayland";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/rustc-serialize-fix.patch b/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/rustc-serialize-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8d0327e8a4578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/wayland/aw-watcher-window-wayland/rustc-serialize-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index b1cc23695b30..ffdeb1c90618 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -996,9 +996,9 @@ dependencies = [
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "rustc-serialize"
+-version = "0.3.24"
++version = "0.3.25"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "dcf128d1287d2ea9d80910b5f1120d0b8eede3fbf1abe91c40d39ea7d51e6fda"
++checksum = "fe834bc780604f4674073badbad26d7219cadfb4a2275802db12cbae17498401"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "rustix"