diff --git a/app-emulation/virt-viewer/files/virt-viewer-10.0_p20210730-meson-0.61.patch b/app-emulation/virt-viewer/files/virt-viewer-10.0_p20210730-meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..46c708b9d342c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/virt-viewer/files/virt-viewer-10.0_p20210730-meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/merge_requests/117.patch
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/831963
+
+From 41cc016278e713d3db156761fce6437dff81a53a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>
+Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 23:28:20 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: fix build with meson 0.61
+
+i18n.merge_file doesn't accept positional arguments
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+   desktop = 'remote-viewer.desktop'
+ 
+   i18n.merge_file (
+-    desktop,
+     type: 'desktop',
+     input: desktop + '.in',
+     output: desktop,
+@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+   mimetypes = 'virt-viewer-mime.xml'
+ 
+   i18n.merge_file (
+-    mimetypes,
+     type: 'xml',
+     input: mimetypes + '.in',
+     output: mimetypes,
+@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+   metainfo = 'remote-viewer.appdata.xml'
+ 
+   i18n.merge_file (
+-    metainfo,
+     type: 'xml',
+     input: metainfo + '.in',
+     output: metainfo,
+GitLab
diff --git a/app-emulation/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-10.0_p20210730.ebuild b/app-emulation/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-10.0_p20210730.ebuild
index 628627555ce98..cf637aba0caa3 100644
--- a/app-emulation/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-10.0_p20210730.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-10.0_p20210730.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( spice vnc )"
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-10.0_p20210730-meson-0.61.patch
+)
+
 src_prepare() {
 	default