diff --git a/nix/configurations/vanadium/overlay.nix b/nix/configurations/vanadium/overlay.nix
index 0f1919c4..7f973f21 100644
--- a/nix/configurations/vanadium/overlay.nix
+++ b/nix/configurations/vanadium/overlay.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ in
       ];
       alejandra.__output.doCheck = _: false;
 
+      # TODO:
+      # pinned branch of https://github.com/astrand/xclip/tree/xerror
+      # use this until #43 gets resolved properly
+      xclip.__output.src = _:
+        final.fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "astrand";
+          repo = "xclip";
+          rev = "2c3b811002b35d3be7f39cc1145dd06bdb32e31c";
+          hash = "sha256-hHbq97GTKiRw8LZa/LY4LUOFOd/5H4+S+NR0BJfcu6M=";
+        };
+
       fcitx5.__output.cmakeFlags.__append = [
         (lib.cmakeFeature "ENABLE_EMOJI" "Off")
         (lib.cmakeFeature "ENABLE_WAYLAND" "Off")