diff --git a/builder/builder-source-patch.c b/builder/builder-source-patch.c
index c701518e..3f5315d0 100644
--- a/builder/builder-source-patch.c
+++ b/builder/builder-source-patch.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ patch (GFile *dir,
   va_list ap;
 
   va_start (ap, error);
-  res = xdg_app_spawn (dir, NULL, error, "git", ap);
+  res = xdg_app_spawn (dir, NULL, error, "patch", ap);
   va_end (ap);
 
   return res;