diff --git a/pkgs/servers/tracing/tempo/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/tracing/tempo/default.nix
index 2a992d01ad6a..d837b6b26427 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/tracing/tempo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/tracing/tempo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "tempo";
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     hash = "sha256-23wjD8HTSEGonIMAWCoKORMLIISASxlN4FeY+Bmt/+I=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Backport patch for Go 1.21 compatibility
+    # FIXME: remove after 2.3.0
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/grafana/tempo/commit/0d37e8f0edd8a96876b0a5f5ab97ef79ff04608f.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-YC59g5pdcrwJeQ4raS0Oq+fZvRBKFj4johZtGTAYpEs=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   vendorHash = null;
 
   subPackages = [