diff --git a/dev-ros/rviz/files/assimp.patch b/dev-ros/rviz/files/assimp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0e0eb3ed33840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ros/rviz/files/assimp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: rviz-1.14.14/src/rviz/CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- rviz-1.14.14.orig/src/rviz/CMakeLists.txt
++++ rviz-1.14.14/src/rviz/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
+   ${rviz_ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES}
+   ${TinyXML2_LIBRARIES}
+   ${X11_X11_LIB}
+-  ${ASSIMP_LIBRARIES}
++  ${assimp_LIBRARIES}
+   ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
+ )
+ 
diff --git a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14.ebuild b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14.ebuild
index 7e06028e57f50..3772a4e7299ad 100644
--- a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14.ebuild
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/yamlcpp.patch" )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/yamlcpp.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/assimp.patch"
+)
 
 src_test() {
 	virtx ros-catkin_src_test
diff --git a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild
index 7e06028e57f50..3772a4e7299ad 100644
--- a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/yamlcpp.patch" )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/yamlcpp.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/assimp.patch"
+)
 
 src_test() {
 	virtx ros-catkin_src_test