diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/hypnotix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/hypnotix/default.nix
index 3d5f8d4957abf..20e47378b18cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/hypnotix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/hypnotix/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ./libmpv-path.patch;
       libmpv = "${lib.getLib mpv}/lib/libmpv${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}";
     })
+
+    # Fix launching with mpv 0.35.0 (ubuntu 22.04 doesn't have libmpv.so.2)
+    # https://github.com/linuxmint/hypnotix/issues/254
+    ./fix-deprecated-mpv-detach-destroy.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/hypnotix/fix-deprecated-mpv-detach-destroy.patch b/pkgs/applications/video/hypnotix/fix-deprecated-mpv-detach-destroy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..06c971b51520d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/hypnotix/fix-deprecated-mpv-detach-destroy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py b/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py
+index f42a3be..db94bf6 100644
+--- a/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py
++++ b/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py
+@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ _mpv_create = backend.mpv_create
+ _handle_func('mpv_create_client',           [c_char_p],                                 MpvHandle, notnull_errcheck)
+ _handle_func('mpv_client_name',             [],                                         c_char_p, errcheck=None)
+ _handle_func('mpv_initialize',              [],                                         c_int, ec_errcheck)
+-_handle_func('mpv_detach_destroy',          [],                                         None, errcheck=None)
++_handle_func('mpv_destroy',                 [],                                         None, errcheck=None)
+ _handle_func('mpv_terminate_destroy',       [],                                         None, errcheck=None)
+ _handle_func('mpv_load_config_file',        [c_char_p],                                 c_int, ec_errcheck)
+ _handle_func('mpv_get_time_us',             [],                                         c_ulonglong, errcheck=None)
+@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ class MPV(object):
+                         self._message_handlers[target](*args)
+ 
+                 if eid == MpvEventID.SHUTDOWN:
+-                    _mpv_detach_destroy(self._event_handle)
++                    _mpv_destroy(self._event_handle)
+                     return
+ 
+             except Exception as e: