diff --git a/devel/libzim/files/patch-meson.build b/devel/libzim/files/patch-meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bbe8c48a233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libzim/files/patch-meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Candidate patch coming from https://github.com/openzim/libzim/pull/936, likely
+to make it in one way or the other into next release (in which case, remove this
+local patch).
+
+--- meson.build.orig	2024-08-28 18:56:57 UTC
++++ meson.build
+@@ -77,9 +77,15 @@ if xapian_dep.found()
+ endif
+ 
+ if xapian_dep.found()
+-    icu_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', static:static_linkage)
++    icu_dep = [
++        dependency('icu-i18n', static:static_linkage),
++        dependency('icu-uc', static:static_linkage)
++    ]
+ else
+-    icu_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', required:false, static:static_linkage)
++    icu_dep = [
++        dependency('icu-i18n', required:false, static:static_linkage),
++        dependency('icu-uc', required:false, static:static_linkage)
++    ]
+ endif
+ 
+ gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', version: '>=1.10.0', main:true, fallback:['gtest', 'gtest_main_dep'], required:false)