diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go
index 77563ab88bb..90b14ed3ab0 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func (self *PatchCommands) applyPatchFile(filepath string, opts ApplyPatchOpts)
 		ArgIf(opts.Cached, "--cached").
 		ArgIf(opts.Index, "--index").
 		ArgIf(opts.Reverse, "--reverse").
+		Arg("--unidiff-zero").
 		Arg(filepath).
 		ToArgv()