diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/restic/rest-server.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/restic/rest-server.nix
index 699343b8728..6296103c1c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/restic/rest-server.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/restic/rest-server.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "restic-rest-server";
   version = "0.11.0";
+  owner = "restic";
+  repo = "rest-server";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "restic";
-    repo = "rest-server";
+    inherit owner repo;
     rev = "v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-ninPODztNzvB2js9cuNAuExQLK/OGOu80ZNW0BPrdds=";
   };
 
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-8x5qYvIX/C5BaewrTNVbIIadL+7XegbRUZiEDWmJM+c=";
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    substituteInPlace cmd/rest-server/main_test.go \
-      --replace "/tmp/restic" "/build/restic"
-  '';
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "backport_rest-server_tests_os.TempDir.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/commit/a87a50ad114bdaddc895413396438df6ea0affbb.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-O6ENxTK2fCVTZZKTFHrvZ+3dT8TbgbIE0o3sYE/RUqc=";
+    })
+
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;