diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libqmi/build_doc_deps_by_default.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/libqmi/build_doc_deps_by_default.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9ffbb589bf70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libqmi/build_doc_deps_by_default.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/docs/reference/libqmi-glib/meson.build b/docs/reference/libqmi-glib/meson.build
+index 2f5cfc3..14e1aea 100644
+--- a/docs/reference/libqmi-glib/meson.build
++++ b/docs/reference/libqmi-glib/meson.build
+@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ sections_txt = custom_target(
+   capture: true,
+   command: [find_program('cat'), '@INPUT@'] + gen_sections,
+   depends: gen_sections_deps,
++  build_by_default: true,
+ )
+ 
+ version_xml = configure_file(
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libqmi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libqmi/package.nix
index 1bd3a50715efe..daa61c7d3a1ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libqmi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libqmi/package.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
+  patches = [
+    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/libqmi/-/issues/124
+    ./build_doc_deps_by_default.patch
+  ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs \