diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/cubicsdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/cubicsdr/default.nix
index c85299606c0..c0dd4346d40 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/cubicsdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/cubicsdr/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fftw, hamlib, libpulseaudio, libGL, libX11, liquid-dsp,
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, fftw, hamlib, libpulseaudio, libGL, libX11, liquid-dsp,
   pkgconfig, soapysdr-with-plugins, wxGTK31-gtk3, enableDigitalLab ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1ihbn18bzdcdvwpa4hnb55ns38bj4b8xy53hkmra809f9qpbcjhn";
   };
 
+  # Allow cubicsdr 0.2.5 to build with wxGTK 3.1.3
+  # these come from cubicsdr's master branch, subsequent releases may include them
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/cjcliffe/CubicSDR/commit/65a160fa356ce9665dfe05c6bfc6754535e16743.patch";
+      sha256 = "0vbr5x9fnm09bws5crqcm6kkhr1bg5r0bc1pxnwwjyc6jpvqi6ad";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/cjcliffe/CubicSDR/commit/f449a65457e35bf8260d0b16b8a47b6bc0ea2c7e.patch";
+      sha256 = "1zjvjmhm8ybi6i9pq7by3fj3mvx37dy7gj4gk23d79yrnl9mk25p";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/cjcliffe/CubicSDR/commit/0540d08c2dea79b668b32b1a6d58f235d65ce9d2.patch";
+      sha256 = "07l7b82f779sbcj0jza0mg463ac1153bs9hn6ai388j7dm3lvasn";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
   buildInputs = [ fftw hamlib libpulseaudio libGL libX11 liquid-dsp soapysdr-with-plugins wxGTK31-gtk3 ];