diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3/add-missing-meson.build.patch b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3/add-missing-meson.build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef971ccff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3/add-missing-meson.build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 8a00d0269d547799b598adda364ad6c6ee328e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 12:09:07 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Add missing meson.build
+
+This file was missing from the tarball, but will be in the .36 release.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+
+---
+ gdk/wayland/cursor/meson.build | 14 ++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 gdk/wayland/cursor/meson.build
+
+diff --git a/gdk/wayland/cursor/meson.build b/gdk/wayland/cursor/meson.build
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..94cf47a
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/gdk/wayland/cursor/meson.build
+@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
++# This file is missing from the 3.24.35 tarball
++
++wayland_cursor_sources = files([
++  'wayland-cursor.c',
++  'xcursor.c',
++  'os-compatibility.c'
++])
++
++libwayland_cursor = static_library('wayland+cursor',
++  sources: wayland_cursor_sources,
++  include_directories: [ confinc, ],
++  dependencies: [ glib_dep, wlclientdep, ],
++  c_args: common_cflags,
++)
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3/meson.build b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 94cf47a37f..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# This file is missing from the 3.24.35 tarball
-
-wayland_cursor_sources = files([
-  'wayland-cursor.c',
-  'xcursor.c',
-  'os-compatibility.c'
-])
-
-libwayland_cursor = static_library('wayland+cursor',
-  sources: wayland_cursor_sources,
-  include_directories: [ confinc, ],
-  dependencies: [ glib_dep, wlclientdep, ],
-  c_args: common_cflags,
-)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3_3.24.35.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3_3.24.35.bb
index 7c6ea104c7..a467c0e9e9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3_3.24.35.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3_3.24.35.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require gtk+3.inc
 MAJ_VER = "${@oe.utils.trim_version("${PV}", 2)}"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/${MAJ_VER}/gtk+-${PV}.tar.xz \
-           file://meson.build;subdir=${S}/gdk/wayland/cursor \
+           file://add-missing-meson.build.patch \
            file://buildpaths.patch \
            file://opengl.patch \
            "