diff --git a/overlays/patches/default.nix b/overlays/patches/default.nix
index 17ba655..d793d77 100644
--- a/overlays/patches/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/patches/default.nix
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ in
   ];
 
   hyfetch = addPatches prev.hyfetch [ ./neofetch-remove-steam-packages.patch ];
+
+  hydra_unstable = addPatches prev.hydra_unstable [ ./hydra-force-allow-import-from-derivation.patch ];
 }
diff --git a/overlays/patches/hydra-force-allow-import-from-derivation.patch b/overlays/patches/hydra-force-allow-import-from-derivation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70bd690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/patches/hydra-force-allow-import-from-derivation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 800c20af32526d650645f1ded7d2d0f576b61e25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Infinidoge <infinidoge@inx.moe>
+Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 01:19:15 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] force allow import from derivation
+
+---
+ src/script/hydra-eval-jobset | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
+index 72a386f5..208d182b 100755
+--- a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
++++ b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
+@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ sub evalJobs {
+                 inputsToArgs($inputInfo));
+     }
+ 
+-    push @cmd, "--no-allow-import-from-derivation" if $config->{allow_import_from_derivation} // "true" ne "true";
++    push @cmd, "--allow-import-from-derivation";
+ 
+     if (defined $ENV{'HYDRA_DEBUG'}) {
+         sub escape {
+-- 
+2.44.0
+