diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
index e8dc81ad..5787c560 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       "koreader"
       "lemoa"  # lemmy app
       # "lollypop"
+      "mate.engrampa"  # archive manager
       "mepo"  # maps viewer
       "mpv"
       # "networkmanagerapplet"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
       # "gajim"  # XMPP client
       "gimp"  # broken on phosh
       "gnome.dconf-editor"
-      "gnome.file-roller"
+      # "gnome.file-roller"
       "gnome.gnome-disk-utility"
       "gnome.nautilus"  # file browser
       # "gnome.totem"  # video player, supposedly supports UPnP
diff --git a/modules/programs.nix b/modules/programs.nix
index 4303b10e..66d279d8 100644
--- a/modules/programs.nix
+++ b/modules/programs.nix
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ in
           (lib.mapAttrs' (pkgName: _pkg: { name = "cacert.${pkgName}"; value = {}; }) pkgs.cacert)
           (lib.mapAttrs' (pkgName: _pkg: { name = "gnome.${pkgName}"; value = {}; }) pkgs.gnome)
           (lib.mapAttrs' (pkgName: _pkg: { name = "libsForQt5.${pkgName}"; value = {}; }) pkgs.libsForQt5)
+          (lib.mapAttrs' (pkgName: _pkg: { name = "mate.${pkgName}"; value = {}; }) pkgs.mate)
           (lib.mapAttrs' (pkgName: _pkg: { name = "plasma5Packages.${pkgName}"; value = {}; }) pkgs.plasma5Packages)
           (lib.mapAttrs' (pkgName: _pkg: { name = "python3Packages.${pkgName}"; value = {}; }) pkgs.python3Packages)
           (lib.mapAttrs' (pkgName: _pkg: { name = "sane-scripts.${pkgName}"; value = {}; }) pkgs.sane-scripts)
diff --git a/nixpatches/list.nix b/nixpatches/list.nix
index 1d97fe8a..af3d0728 100644
--- a/nixpatches/list.nix
+++ b/nixpatches/list.nix
@@ -360,6 +360,13 @@ in [
     hash = "sha256-PDCp4GOm6hWcRob4kz7qXZfxAF6YbYrESx9idoS3e/s=";
   })
 
+  (fetchpatch' {
+    # TODO(2023/08/06): upstream. the closure looks fine
+    title = "mate.engrampa: support cross compilation";
+    saneCommit = "3c76cdaf837f48861e4c3347b480c9a18b5b4a72";
+    hash = "sha256-+4VhCmIpuM9opRhCvPsB7XYVQdHbdCTqlYsizbHga7Y=";
+  })
+
   (fetchpatch' {
     title = "dtrx: 8.5.1 -> 8.5.3";
     prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/246282";