diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/imagick/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/imagick/default.nix
index d8570ee24ba8e..a9270a025dc6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/imagick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/imagick/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
   buildPecl,
+  fetchpatch,
   lib,
   imagemagick,
   pkg-config,
   pcre2,
+  php,
 }:
 
 buildPecl {
@@ -16,6 +18,16 @@ buildPecl {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ pcre2 ];
 
+  patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast php.version "8.4") [
+    # PHP 8.4 compatibility patch based on https://github.com/Imagick/imagick/pull/690
+    # These is also an alternative https://github.com/Imagick/imagick/pull/704
+    # Which includes more changes but doesn't apply cleanly.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/Imagick/imagick/commit/65e27f2bc02e7e8f1bf64e26e359e42a1331fca1.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-I0FwdqtQ/Y/QVkCl+nWPBIxsdQY6qcjdwiA/BaLNl7g=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Imagick is a native php extension to create and modify images using the ImageMagick API";
     license = licenses.php301;