diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/sway/default.nix b/hosts/common/programs/sway/default.nix
index b53d9ce90..e1e940f6f 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/sway/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/sway/default.nix
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ in
     packageUnwrapped = swayPackage;
     suggestedPrograms = [
       "guiApps"
-      # "blueberry"  # GUI bluetooth manager
+      "blueberry"  # GUI bluetooth manager
       "brightnessctl"
       "conky"  # for a nice background
       "fcitx5"  # input method; emoji. this has been known to break and glitch input into any textbox -- disable here if that happens
diff --git a/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix b/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
index f95ac0869..6b8ca4747 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ in
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     # disable the following non-essential programs which fail to cross compile
     sane.programs.bash-language-server.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # bash neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by ShellCheck)
-    sane.programs.blueberry.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # bluetooth manager: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by gnome-bluetooth)
     sane.programs.fcitx5.enableFor.user.colin = false;  #< does not cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by qtsvg)
     sane.programs.firefox.config.addons.browserpass-extension.enable = false;  #< does not cross compile
     sane.programs.lua-language-server.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # lua neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-06)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
index e04e5ffea..71f9191d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ in
   #   hash = "sha256-jW66W1V3upZMfbjuoruY3OGNJfEewx7DW/Z4vAhMEXw=";
   # })
 
+  (fetchpatch' {
+    name = "blueberry: fix cross compilation";
+    prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/376884";
+    hash = "sha256-BYD9Xr9bh8xJxWEvTa2asSsaJbgTLItFsdtIH/7kq4s=";
+  })
+
   (fetchpatch' {
     # patch should be safe to remove; keeping it here to track the upstreaming status
     name = "nixos/gitea: don't configure the database if `createDatabase == false`";