diff --git a/deskutils/gnome-documents/files/patch-data_meson.build b/deskutils/gnome-documents/files/patch-data_meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10d3530d0471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deskutils/gnome-documents/files/patch-data_meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+data/meson.build:58:2: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.
+
+--- data/meson.build.orig	2019-10-24 07:35:24 UTC
++++ data/meson.build
+@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ foreach app: documents_apps
+   appdata = app + '.appdata.xml'
+ 
+   appdata_file = i18n.merge_file(
+-    appdata,
+     input: appdata + '.in',
+     output: appdata,
+     po_dir: po_dir,
+@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ foreach app: documents_apps
+   desktop = app + '.desktop'
+ 
+   desktop_file = i18n.merge_file(
+-    desktop,
+     type: 'desktop',
+     input: desktop + '.in',
+     output: desktop,