diff --git a/community/waybar/APKBUILD b/community/waybar/APKBUILD
index 3b1a6d3caaf58209f8dbd2bd1b5afc722eae177b..4e8a80d1ec74285fcda2302b5aa1c9ac02ce85e7 100644
--- a/community/waybar/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/waybar/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Luca Weiss <luca@z3ntu.xyz>
 pkgname=waybar
 pkgver=0.9.8
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors"
 url="https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/"
 arch="all"
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ makedepends="
 	spdlog-dev
 	"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
-source="https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/archive/$pkgver/Waybar-$pkgver.tar.gz"
+source="https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/archive/$pkgver/Waybar-$pkgver.tar.gz
+	config-fix-clock.patch
+	"
 options="!check" # No test suite
 builddir="$srcdir/Waybar-$pkgver"
 
@@ -55,4 +57,5 @@ package() {
 
 sha512sums="
 5c65b04cf0ae2e4cdff2b58c6b733a10a8b8d8acbb8f4f4519a0542be759fb6e84e46c323e4b8611ed25bda8bd322ee7a09cb697ed378e120841ce324021b104  Waybar-0.9.8.tar.gz
+173857d836630925658af5d1c1aa3630fe91d08a8bad09a63d724fd6dc622fc063a9bc936008dfe776573a263f1a90ad9d9f3e11eba6930448dc0a132e106af2  config-fix-clock.patch
 "
diff --git a/community/waybar/config-fix-clock.patch b/community/waybar/config-fix-clock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aacb9911d07533345cd2fbdac8e12b949edbc98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/waybar/config-fix-clock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Fix https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/698
+
+--- a/resources/config
++++ b/resources/config
+@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
+     "clock": {
+         // "timezone": "America/New_York",
+         "tooltip-format": "<big>{:%Y %B}</big>\n<tt><small>{calendar}</small></tt>",
+-        "format-alt": "{:%Y-%m-%d}"
++        "format-alt": "{:%Y-%m-%d}",
++        "locale": "C"
+     },
+     "cpu": {
+         "format": "{usage}% ï‹›",