diff --git a/third_party/overlays/patches/0001-home-environment-fix-compatibility-with-Nix-2.3.patch b/third_party/overlays/patches/0001-home-environment-fix-compatibility-with-Nix-2.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d05e925ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/overlays/patches/0001-home-environment-fix-compatibility-with-Nix-2.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 949776a927faf69887ba71eb339762381e90e105 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>
+Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:45:23 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] home-environment: fix compatibility with Nix 2.3
+
+---
+ modules/home-environment.nix | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/modules/home-environment.nix b/modules/home-environment.nix
+index fffb3b1c..d12f143a 100644
+--- a/modules/home-environment.nix
++++ b/modules/home-environment.nix
+@@ -728,13 +728,13 @@ in
+ 
+           # Create a temporary GC root to prevent collection during activation.
+           trap 'run rm -f $VERBOSE_ARG "$newGenGcPath"' EXIT
+-          run --silence nix-store --realise "$newGenPath" --add-root "$newGenGcPath"
++          run --quiet nix-store --realise "$newGenPath" --add-root "$newGenGcPath" --indirect
+ 
+           ${activationCmds}
+ 
+           ${optionalString (!config.uninstall) ''
+             # Create the "current generation" GC root.
+-            run --silence nix-store --realise "$newGenPath" --add-root "$currentGenGcPath"
++            run --silence nix-store --realise "$newGenPath" --add-root "$currentGenGcPath" --indirect
+ 
+             if [[ -e "$legacyGenGcPath" ]]; then
+               run rm $VERBOSE_ARG "$legacyGenGcPath"
+-- 
+2.47.2
+
diff --git a/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix b/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix
index fa59da370..b8fbd39d5 100644
--- a/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix
+++ b/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ depot.nix.readTree.drvTargets {
 
   home-manager = super.home-manager.overrideAttrs (_: {
     src = depot.third_party.sources.home-manager;
+    patches = [ ./patches/0001-home-environment-fix-compatibility-with-Nix-2.3.patch ];
     version = "git-"
       + builtins.substring 0 7 depot.third_party.sources.home-manager.rev;
   });