diff --git a/801dd51.patch b/801dd51.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd06257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/801dd51.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 801dd51f84ec5979c540dc2cca16edd088f72d7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:28:34 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Correct %cargo_registry path
+
+%{_datadir} should not be used like this in specfiles or macros. It
+breaks flatpak builds.
+
+Relates: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_file_and_directory_dependencies
+---
+ macros.d/macros.cargo | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/macros.d/macros.cargo b/macros.d/macros.cargo
+index 147a7ca..3d03e2e 100644
+--- a/macros.d/macros.cargo
++++ b/macros.d/macros.cargo
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ 
+ # cargo_registry: path to the root of the directory-based "local cargo registry"
+ #       with replaces the "crates.io" source
+-%cargo_registry %{_datadir}/cargo/registry
++%cargo_registry /usr/share/cargo/registry
+ 
+ # crate_instdir: path to the directory where library crates are installed,
+ #       with version_no_tilde being the upstream version of the crate
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/rust-packaging.spec b/rust-packaging.spec
index bcf52f8..371e414 100644
--- a/rust-packaging.spec
+++ b/rust-packaging.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Patch:          https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust-packaging/c/3df6ad1.patch
 Patch:          https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust-packaging/c/b9d6410.patch
 Patch:          https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust-packaging/c/8690145.patch
 Patch:          https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust-packaging/c/0ff9bb8.patch
+Patch:          https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust-packaging/c/801dd51.patch
 
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