diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix
index 01317f647589d9..44672bcf4cf455 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   buildPythonPackage,
   lib,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
+  callPackage,
 
   isPy3k,
   isPyPy,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "openpaperwork-core";
-  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+  inherit (callPackage ./src.nix { }) version src;
   format = "pyproject";
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/openpaperwork-core";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix
index 2e88ee23bfe59a..a2bbb74abd315c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   buildPythonPackage,
   lib,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
+  callPackage,
 
   isPy3k,
   isPyPy,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "openpaperwork-gtk";
-  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+  inherit (callPackage ./src.nix { }) version src;
   format = "pyproject";
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/openpaperwork-gtk";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
index 0d0cee9f69fc9a..da40d64aff0cbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   buildPythonPackage,
   lib,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
+  callPackage,
   pyenchant,
   scikit-learn,
   pypillowfight,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "paperwork-backend";
-  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+  inherit (callPackage ./src.nix { }) version src;
   format = "pyproject";
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/paperwork-backend";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
index 3f8876779d830b..0ff7a13e031f77 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
+  callPackage,
   python3Packages,
   gtk3,
   cairo,
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
   dbus,
   libnotify,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
   which,
   gettext,
   gobject-introspection,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let
     imagemagick
     perlPackages.Po4a
   ];
-  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src sample_documents;
+  inherit (callPackage ./src.nix { }) version src sample_documents;
 in
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix
index 21e3976a9adaa3..787c7193ef9fc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   buildPythonPackage,
   lib,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
+  callPackage,
 
   isPy3k,
   isPyPy,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "paperwork-shell";
-  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+  inherit (callPackage ./src.nix { }) version src;
   format = "pyproject";
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/paperwork-shell";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/src.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/src.nix
index 5f83eddd3fb795..b8f4f158b1c253 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/src.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/src.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,40 @@
-{ fetchFromGitLab }:
+{
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchpatch,
+}:
 rec {
   version = "2.2.5";
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
-    repo = "paperwork";
-    group = "World";
-    owner = "OpenPaperwork";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-PRh0ohmPLwpM76qYfbExFqq4OK6Hm0fbdzrjXungSoY=";
-  };
+  src =
+    let
+      actual_src = fetchFromGitLab {
+        domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
+        repo = "paperwork";
+        group = "World";
+        owner = "OpenPaperwork";
+        rev = version;
+        sha256 = "sha256-PRh0ohmPLwpM76qYfbExFqq4OK6Hm0fbdzrjXungSoY=";
+      };
+    in
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      pname = "paperwork-patched-src";
+      inherit version;
+      src = actual_src;
+
+      patches = [
+        # fix installing translations
+        # remove on next release
+        (fetchpatch {
+          url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork/-/commit/b8e2633ace0f3d9d57e68c27db8f594b8a5ddd7e.patch";
+          hash = "sha256-VUT86kF0ZHLGK457ZrrIBMeiZqg/rPRpbkBA/ua9rU8=";
+        })
+      ];
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        cp -r . $out
+      '';
+    };
+
   sample_documents = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
     repo = "paperwork-test-documents";