diff --git a/x11-packages/xwayland/wayland-scanner.patch b/x11-packages/xwayland/wayland-scanner.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3603cd83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-packages/xwayland/wayland-scanner.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/hw/xwayland/meson.build b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
+index e848daf0d..42e7b529b 100644
+--- a/hw/xwayland/meson.build
++++ b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ srcs = [
+ ]
+ 
+ scanner_dep = dependency('wayland-scanner', native: true)
+-scanner = find_program(scanner_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('wayland_scanner'))
++scanner = '/usr/bin/wayland-scanner'
+ 
+ protocols_dep = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: wayland_protocols_req)
+ protodir = protocols_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')