diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 29c0eea..daf5f64 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -615,6 +615,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-pre-broken-waybar": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1750069205,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ALOBI3nTUFOX0A2bpFZqtsEZfH82icS9r9L/y3XA+2s=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "1c1c9b3f5ec0421eaa0f22746295466ee6a8d48f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "1c1c9b3f5ec0421eaa0f22746295466ee6a8d48f",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs-unstable": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1751271578,
@@ -786,6 +802,7 @@
         "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
         "nixos-mailserver": "nixos-mailserver",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_5",
+        "nixpkgs-pre-broken-waybar": "nixpkgs-pre-broken-waybar",
         "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
         "plymouth-themes": "plymouth-themes",
         "ranger-icons": "ranger-icons",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 609a142..13e2075 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
     nixpkgs-unstable.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
 
+    # TODO: remove after waybar >0.13.0
+    nixpkgs-pre-broken-waybar.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/1c1c9b3f5ec0421eaa0f22746295466ee6a8d48f";
+
     home-manager.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.05";
     home-manager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
 
diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index a032271..9c85b54 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ rec {
 
   patches = (
     final: prev: {
+      waybar =
+        assert prev.waybar.version == "0.13.0";
+        inputs.nixpkgs-pre-broken-waybar.legacyPackages.${prev.system}.waybar;
+
       mySway = prev.sway.override {
         withBaseWrapper = true;
         withGtkWrapper = true;