diff --git a/nixpatches/list.nix b/nixpatches/list.nix
index 3e288116..e9557dc1 100644
--- a/nixpatches/list.nix
+++ b/nixpatches/list.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ in [
     hash = "sha256-FDY/OLh7bNRixEuPlrIeyW/kJYNPnelLsplfKCsjHKQ=";
   })
   # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   title = "graphicsmagick: 1.3.39 -> 1.3.42";
+  #   prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/218163";
+  #   hash = "sha256-E1Xfi7BRpAvqAzfChjWRG1Ar5dsFMm/yu7NXnDc95PM=";
+  # })
+  # (fetchpatch' {
   #   # disabled, at least until the PR is updated to use `pkg-config` instead of `pkgconfig`.
   #   # the latter is an alias, which breaks nix-index
   #   title = "phog: init at 0.1.3";
diff --git a/overlays/cross.nix b/overlays/cross.nix
index 4dc6d796..6abad1a4 100644
--- a/overlays/cross.nix
+++ b/overlays/cross.nix
@@ -905,6 +905,14 @@ in {
   #   buildPackages.gtk-doc = final.gtk-doc;
   # });
 
+  graphicsmagick = prev.graphicsmagick.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
+    # by default the build holds onto a reference to build `mv`
+    # N.B.: `imagemagick` package has this identical issue
+    configureFlags = upstream.configureFlags ++ [
+      "MVDelegate=${final.coreutils}/bin/mv"
+    ];
+  });
+
   # fixes: "make: gcc: No such file or directory"
   # java-service-wrapper = useEmulatedStdenv prev.java-service-wrapper;