diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index bc9f976a39..7d61def3ff 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/elm-compiler-fix-map-key.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/elogind-revert-polkit-detection.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-exec-path.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/emacs-git-email-missing-parens.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-fix-scheme-indent-function.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-ignore-empty-xim-styles.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-json-reformat-fix-tests.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index a928ac72f1..4af71fc1e6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -15759,6 +15759,8 @@ created by @code{git format-patch}, from @code{magit}, @code{dired} and
          (uri (git-reference
                (url "https://git.sr.ht/~yoctocell/git-email")
                (commit commit)))
+         (patches
+          (search-patches "emacs-git-email-missing-parens.patch"))
          (file-name (git-file-name name version))
          (sha256
           (base32 "1lk1yds7idgawnair8l3s72rgjmh80qmy4kl5wrnqvpmjrmdgvnx"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/emacs-git-email-missing-parens.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/emacs-git-email-missing-parens.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..051e2bf1eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/emacs-git-email-missing-parens.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 820ad7eb2e919e3f880bec22bd4f737fa55c4d22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Niklas Eklund <niklas.eklund@posteo.net>
+Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 12:43:49 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix missing parens in git-email-mu4e.el
+
+The incorrect number of parens in this file lead to Emacs failing to
+parse the file.
+---
+ git-email-mu4e.el | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/git-email-mu4e.el b/git-email-mu4e.el
+index d5b8770..9220bf9 100644
+--- a/git-email-mu4e.el
++++ b/git-email-mu4e.el
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ from Lisp, enable the mode if ARG is omitted or nil."
+                ;; built in context feature.
+                (seq-filter (lambda (header)
+                              (not (eq (car header) 'from)))
+-                           headers)
++                           headers))))
+     (setq git-email-compose-email-function 'message-mail)))
+ 
+ (provide 'git-email-mu4e)
+-- 
+2.34.0
+