diff --git a/mingw-w64-graphviz/0007-graphviz-workaround-ghostscript-check.patch b/mingw-w64-graphviz/0007-graphviz-workaround-ghostscript-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..146fd47852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-graphviz/0007-graphviz-workaround-ghostscript-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1492,9 +1492,6 @@
+ if test "x$with_ghostscript" != "xyes"; then
+   use_ghostscript="No (disabled)"
+ else
+-  if test "x$HAVE_XRENDER" != "xyes"; then
+-    use_ghostscript="No (missing Xrender)"
+-  else
+       AC_CHECK_HEADER(ghostscript/iapi.h, GS_CFLAGS="",use_ghostscript="No (missing headers)")
+       if test "x$use_ghostscript" = "x"; then
+         AC_CHECK_LIB(gs, main, GS_LIBS="-lgs", use_ghostscript="No (missing lib)")
+@@ -1506,7 +1503,6 @@
+           AC_SUBST([GS_LIBS])
+         fi
+      fi
+-  fi
+ fi
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_GS, [test "x$use_ghostscript" = "xYes"])
+ 
diff --git a/mingw-w64-graphviz/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-graphviz/PKGBUILD
index 9fb22130ce..c2780e3637 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-graphviz/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-graphviz/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}-docs")
 pkgver=8.1.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Graph Visualization Software (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32' 'clangarm64')
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ source=(https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/-/archive/${pkgver}/graphviz-${pkgv
         0003-gdiplus-fix-library.patch
         0004-gvpr-remove-buiddir.patch
         0005-makefile-no-undefined.patch
-        0006-tclpkg-fix-dll-extension.patch)
+        0006-tclpkg-fix-dll-extension.patch
+        0007-graphviz-workaround-ghostscript-check.patch)
 noextract=("graphviz-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('2e4dfee3c24925ad51d1e76a9fb2b19b26a5a0049ef7be6d3e52667aac72eabe'
             '6ae607fcb534a0950e0140645422244592c746d87215e5152747b4225ceb5b34'
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ sha256sums=('2e4dfee3c24925ad51d1e76a9fb2b19b26a5a0049ef7be6d3e52667aac72eabe'
             '2588f6b42f9499527a34cda0574e0517f138745d3659e73041b21055a3e923f4'
             'cee214ebd9b3d905fb502a8a5009015198774a1c18afd49a870ce57e14ddd00d'
             '303fbd53d7502582f36acd384f6b306607ffcd35aab4a94b057307734ece51ae'
-            '2391b6d4b9fc3c9c5da9ef61187af0dc5f17d2277ab1e0d3e9a7d4a0dbf6338c')
+            '2391b6d4b9fc3c9c5da9ef61187af0dc5f17d2277ab1e0d3e9a7d4a0dbf6338c'
+            'd2891e814ac6e52f73bab26256234631a900eb93ff28f942e6cc06ca1a8d9c91')
 
 _apply_patch_with_msg() {
   for _patch in "$@"
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ prepare() {
     0003-gdiplus-fix-library.patch \
     0004-gvpr-remove-buiddir.patch \
     0005-makefile-no-undefined.patch \
-    0006-tclpkg-fix-dll-extension.patch
+    0006-tclpkg-fix-dll-extension.patch \
+    0007-graphviz-workaround-ghostscript-check.patch
 
   ./autogen.sh
 }