diff --git a/patches/179024.patch b/patches/179024.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f88c6f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/179024.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+From 6b29acef6ee9b207d1ea4be31be38953c62aca4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Charlotte Van Petegem <charlotte@vanpetegem.me>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:31:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mu: 1.6.11 -> 1.8.0
+
+https://github.com/djcb/mu/blob/release/1.8/NEWS.org
+
+Also includes some cleanup of the dependencies. Guile support was deprecated, so
+that is removed as well.
+---
+ pkgs/tools/networking/mu/default.nix | 69 +++++++++++++---------------
+ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mu/default.nix
+index fd140bfe55edc..b218a19154a5c 100644
+--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mu/default.nix
++++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mu/default.nix
+@@ -1,53 +1,46 @@
+-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, sqlite, pkg-config, autoreconfHook, pmccabe
+-, xapian, glib, gmime3, texinfo, emacs, guile
+-, gtk3, webkitgtk, libsoup, icu
+-, makeWrapper
+-, withMug ? false
+-, batchSize ? null }:
++{ lib
++, stdenv
++, fetchFromGitHub
++, meson
++, ninja
++, pkg-config
++, coreutils
++, emacs
++, glib
++, gmime3
++, texinfo
++, xapian
++}:
+ 
+ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+   pname = "mu";
+-  version = "1.6.11";
++  version = "1.8.0";
+ 
+   src = fetchFromGitHub {
+     owner  = "djcb";
+     repo   = "mu";
+-    rev    = version;
+-    sha256 = "E/6+vEwYXk65/ZoAtUeTjvg56g6gz+Qtcaz0qwEru6c=";
++    rev    = "v${version}";
++    sha256 = "rb8R04eU/rG7PXx/horYk0+/3AgbxYYZtxy4ACILOZ8=";
+   };
+ 
+-  postPatch = lib.optionalString (batchSize != null) ''
+-    sed -i lib/mu-store.cc --regexp-extended \
+-      -e 's@(constexpr auto BatchSize).*@\1 = ${toString batchSize};@'
+-  '';
++  postPatch = ''
++      # Fix mu4e-builddir (set it to $out)
++      substituteInPlace mu4e/mu4e-config.el.in \
++        --replace "@abs_top_builddir@" "$out"
++      substituteInPlace lib/utils/mu-utils.cc \
++        --replace "/bin/rm" "${coreutils}/bin/rm"
++    '';
+ 
+-  buildInputs = [
+-    sqlite xapian glib gmime3 texinfo emacs libsoup icu
+-  ]
+-    # Workaround for https://github.com/djcb/mu/issues/1641
+-    ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) guile
+-    ++ lib.optionals withMug [ gtk3 webkitgtk ];
++  buildInputs = [ emacs glib gmime3 texinfo xapian ];
+ 
+-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook pmccabe makeWrapper ];
++  mesonFlags = [
++    "-Dguile=disabled"
++    "-Dreadline=disabled"
++  ];
+ 
+-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
++  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config meson ninja ];
+ 
+-  preBuild = ''
+-    # Fix mu4e-builddir (set it to $out)
+-    substituteInPlace mu4e/mu4e-meta.el.in \
+-      --replace "@abs_top_builddir@" "$out"
+-  '';
+-
+-  # Make sure included scripts can find their dependencies & optionally install mug
+-  postInstall = ''
+-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/mu" \
+-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib" \
+-      --prefix GUILE_LOAD_PATH : "$out/share/guile/site/2.2"
+-  '' + lib.optionalString withMug ''
+-    for f in mug ; do
+-      install -m755 toys/$f/$f $out/bin/$f
+-    done
+-  '';
++  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+ 
+   doCheck = true;
+ 
+@@ -55,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+     description = "A collection of utilties for indexing and searching Maildirs";
+     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+     homepage = "https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/";
+-    changelog = "https://github.com/djcb/mu/releases/tag/${version}";
++    changelog = "https://github.com/djcb/mu/releases/tag/v${version}";
+     maintainers = with maintainers; [ antono chvp peterhoeg ];
+     platforms = platforms.mesaPlatforms;
+   };