diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/default.nix b/third_party/nixpkgs/default.nix
index 635082e27..a260fdef4 100644
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/default.nix
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/default.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ let
 
   # Overlay for packages that should come from the stable channel
   # instead (e.g. because something is broken in unstable).
-  stableOverlay = self: super: {
-    # Nothing picked from stable presently.
+  # Use `stableNixpkgs` from above.
+  stableOverlay = _unstableSelf: _unstableSuper: {
+
+    # alacritty on unstable fails because it can’t find the libGLX.
+    # This is too hard to debug right now, let’s hope somebody else solves it for us.
+    alacritty-stable = stableNixpkgs.alacritty;
+
   };
 
   # Overlay to expose the nixpkgs commits we are using to other Nix code.
diff --git a/users/Profpatsch/alacritty.nix b/users/Profpatsch/alacritty.nix
index d2cb8de2f..2512de3b0 100644
--- a/users/Profpatsch/alacritty.nix
+++ b/users/Profpatsch/alacritty.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { depot, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  bins = depot.nix.getBins pkgs.alacritty [ "alacritty" ];
+  bins = depot.nix.getBins pkgs.alacritty-stable [ "alacritty" ];
 
   config =
     depot.users.Profpatsch.importDhall.importDhall {