diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zs/zsh-powerlevel10k/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zs/zsh-powerlevel10k/package.nix
index 574e1f966b276..9474577c628a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zs/zsh-powerlevel10k/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zs/zsh-powerlevel10k/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   replaceVars,
+  fetchpatch,
   gitstatus,
   bash,
 }:
@@ -19,6 +20,16 @@ let
       rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
       hash = "sha256-mVfB3HWjvk4X8bmLEC/U8SKBRytTh/gjjuReqzN5qTk=";
     };
+
+    patches = (oldAtttrs.patches or [ ]) ++ [
+      # remove when bumped to 1.5.5
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/romkatv/gitstatus/commit/62177e89b2b04baf242cd1526cc2661041dda0fb.patch";
+        sha256 = "sha256-DSRYRV89MLR/Eh4MFsXpDKH1xJiAWyJgSqmfjDTXhtU=";
+        name = "drop-Werror.patch";
+      })
+    ];
+
   });
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {