diff --git a/modules/alacritty.nix b/modules/alacritty.nix
index 21a99c1..7965ea9 100644
--- a/modules/alacritty.nix
+++ b/modules/alacritty.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
 let
   cfg = config.sconfig.alacritty;
 
+  backported = pkgs.callPackage
+    (pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/554d2d8aa25b6e583575459c297ec23750adb6cb/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix";
+      sha256 = "4e8f317595c6b4f67eda10a1e16bb98b6d5354b475a0a0b9dee2982fab1cc718";
+    })
+    {
+      inherit (pkgs.xorg) libXcursor libXxf86vm libXi;
+      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit CoreGraphics CoreServices CoreText Foundation OpenGL;
+    };
+
   configText = builtins.toJSON
     {
       env.TERM = "xterm-256color";
@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ in
     environment.etc."xdg/alacritty.yml".text = configText;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [
-      pkgs.alacritty
+      backported
       (pkgs.writeTextFile {
         name = "alacritty.yml";
         destination = "/etc/xdg/alacritty.yml";