diff --git a/Formula/n/netatalk.rb b/Formula/n/netatalk.rb
index 4766579702251..7c7adc09aa0d9 100644
--- a/Formula/n/netatalk.rb
+++ b/Formula/n/netatalk.rb
@@ -23,20 +23,26 @@ class Netatalk < Formula
   depends_on "libevent"
   depends_on "libgcrypt"
   depends_on "mysql"
-  depends_on "openldap" # LDAP.Framework is not fork safe
+  depends_on "openldap" # macOS LDAP.Framework is not fork safe
 
   uses_from_macos "libxslt" => :build
   uses_from_macos "perl"
 
+  # on macOS we use native mDNS for Zeroconf; Avahi is required on Linux only
   on_linux do
     depends_on "avahi"
     depends_on "dbus"
   end
 
+  patch do
+    url "https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/commit/f6383624fcffac960bedda06a3e97fec5164e9c8.patch?full_index=1"
+    sha256 "9f5ef8e0ca925786db60b3cbb13b103e46fe1118804137bfa08a80857e955164"
+  end
+
   def install
     args = [
       "-Dwith-afpstats=false",
-      "-Dwith-appletalk=#{OS.linux?}",
+      "-Dwith-appletalk=#{OS.linux?}", # macOS doesn't have an AppleTalk stack
       "-Dwith-bdb-path=#{Formula["berkeley-db@5"].opt_prefix}",
       "-Dwith-docbook-path=#{Formula["docbook-xsl"].opt_prefix}/docbook-xsl",
       "-Dwith-init-style=none",