diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 7f15dd7218b..4afa93eed0c 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2488,6 +2488,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt1.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wpa-supplicant-dbus-group-policy.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/x2goclient-fix-makefile.patch            \
   %D%/packages/patches/x265-arm-flags.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/x265-4-arm-flags.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/xdg-desktop-portal-disable-portal-tests.patch\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/nx.scm b/gnu/packages/nx.scm
index 8ef5158ef71..fdfabae6c8e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/nx.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/nx.scm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@ Helper script
              "https://code.x2go.org/releases/source/x2goclient/x2goclient-"
              version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0g6aba8kpsixq4486a8mga945lp31y0mzwa2krs5qqiiip3v72xb"))))
+        (base32 "0g6aba8kpsixq4486a8mga945lp31y0mzwa2krs5qqiiip3v72xb"))
+       (patches (search-patches "x2goclient-fix-makefile.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/x2goclient-fix-makefile.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/x2goclient-fix-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14a1eacdbca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/x2goclient-fix-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Retrieved from <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=1089277;filename=x2goclient.diff.txt;msg=14>
+
+Upstream-status: <https://gitlab.x2go.org/x2go/client/x2goclient/-/issues/4>
+
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
+ # implementation to make implementation.
+ 
+ # GNU make way.
+-MAKEOVERRIDES = SHELL QT_VERSION INSTALL_DIR INSTALL_FILE INSTALL_SYMLINK INSTALL_PROGRAM RM_FILE RM_DIR DESTDIR PREFIX ETCDIR BINDIR SHAREDIR MANDIR QMAKE_BINARY LRELEASE_BINARY QMAKE_OPTS LDFLAGS LIBS
++# MAKEOVERRIDES = SHELL QT_VERSION INSTALL_DIR INSTALL_FILE INSTALL_SYMLINK INSTALL_PROGRAM RM_FILE RM_DIR DESTDIR PREFIX ETCDIR BINDIR SHAREDIR MANDIR QMAKE_BINARY LRELEASE_BINARY QMAKE_OPTS LDFLAGS LIBS
+ 
+ # FreeBSD and NetBSD way.
+ .MAKEOVERRIDES = SHELL QT_VERSION INSTALL_DIR INSTALL_FILE INSTALL_SYMLINK INSTALL_PROGRAM RM_FILE RM_DIR DESTDIR PREFIX ETCDIR BINDIR SHAREDIR MANDIR QMAKE_BINARY LRELEASE_BINARY QMAKE_OPTS LDFLAGS LIBS