diff --git a/gnome-extra/gnome-documents/files/fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch b/gnome-extra/gnome-documents/files/fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a3a5cd3d3e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-extra/gnome-documents/files/fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/833843
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ foreach app: documents_apps
+   appdata = app + '.appdata.xml'
+ 
+   appdata_file = i18n.merge_file(
+-    appdata,
+     input: appdata + '.in',
+     output: appdata,
+     po_dir: po_dir,
+@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ foreach app: documents_apps
+   desktop = app + '.desktop'
+ 
+   desktop_file = i18n.merge_file(
+-    desktop,
+     type: 'desktop',
+     input: desktop + '.in',
+     output: desktop,
diff --git a/gnome-extra/gnome-documents/gnome-documents-3.34.0-r1.ebuild b/gnome-extra/gnome-documents/gnome-documents-3.34.0-r1.ebuild
index 3b571baadadbd..5245d0f95f9d6 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/gnome-documents/gnome-documents-3.34.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/gnome-documents/gnome-documents-3.34.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch
+)
+
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
 		-Ddocumentation=true #manpage