diff --git a/pkgs/flatpak/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugins-bad-gstplayer-ref-sink.patch b/pkgs/flatpak/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugins-bad-gstplayer-ref-sink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd924740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/flatpak/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugins-bad-gstplayer-ref-sink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 5c500284dd8c12a383098d9227a22146d0aa8417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rafostar <rafostar.github@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 21:16:42 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] GstPlayer: call ref_sink on pipeline
+
+As discussed in #1450
+---
+ gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c b/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c
+index b2e318fc3..04148fa1d 100644
+--- a/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c
++++ b/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c
+@@ -2907,6 +2907,8 @@ gst_player_main (gpointer data)
+     g_assert_not_reached ();
+   }
+ 
++  gst_object_ref_sink (self->playbin);
++
+   if (self->video_renderer) {
+     GstElement *video_sink =
+         gst_player_video_renderer_create_video_sink (self->video_renderer,
+-- 
+2.26.2
+
diff --git a/pkgs/flatpak/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugins-bad.json b/pkgs/flatpak/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugins-bad.json
index 45abfe8e..04b948ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/flatpak/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugins-bad.json
+++ b/pkgs/flatpak/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugins-bad.json
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
             "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad.git",
             "tag": "1.18.1",
             "commit": "e5c3c106a2da607953fea36e3a253b382c939684"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "patch",
+            "path": "gst-plugins-bad-gstplayer-ref-sink.patch"
         }
     ]
 }