diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 7706c425f2bc..24bcb4c83eea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/4250fe8f28c220d883db454cec2b2c76a07473eb/trunk/vlc-3.0.11.1-srt_1.4.2.patch";
       sha256 = "53poWjZfwq/6l316sqiCp0AtcGweyXBntcLDFPSokHQ=";
     })
+    # patches to build with recent live555
+    # upstream issue: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/25473
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/uploads/3c84ea58d7b94d7a8d354eaffe4b7d55/0001-Get-addr-by-ref.-from-getConnectionEndpointAddress.patch";
+      sha256 = "171d3qjl9a4dm13sqig3ra8s2zcr76wfnqz4ba4asg139cyc1axd";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/uploads/eb1c313d2d499b8a777314f789794f9d/0001-Add-lssl-and-lcrypto-to-liblive555_plugin_la_LIBADD.patch";
+      sha256 = "0kyi8q2zn2ww148ngbia9c7qjgdrijf4jlvxyxgrj29cb5iy1kda";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''