diff --git a/gfx/wr/Cargo.lock b/gfx/wr/Cargo.lock
index a632b4a3ec53..8ed742223e97 100644
--- a/gfx/wr/Cargo.lock
+++ b/gfx/wr/Cargo.lock
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mozangle 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "webrender 0.61.0",
  "winapi 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "winit 0.19.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winit 0.19.5 (git+https://github.com/jrmuizel/winit?branch=wr)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wayland-client 0.21.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "winapi 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "winit 0.19.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winit 0.19.5 (git+https://github.com/jrmuizel/winit?branch=wr)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glutin 0.21.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rayon 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "webrender 0.61.0",
- "winit 0.19.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winit 0.19.5 (git+https://github.com/jrmuizel/winit?branch=wr)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 [[package]]
 name = "winit"
 version = "0.19.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+source = "git+https://github.com/jrmuizel/winit?branch=wr#947af776e1a3ab47000b893068b4d0750861bdb0"
 dependencies = [
  "android_glue 0.2.3 (git+https://github.com/rust-windowing/android-rs-glue.git?rev=e3ac6edea5814e1faca0c31ea8fac6877cb929ea)",
  "backtrace 0.3.46 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "time 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tracy-rs 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "webrender 0.61.0",
- "winit 0.19.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winit 0.19.5 (git+https://github.com/jrmuizel/winit?branch=wr)",
  "yaml-rust 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 "checksum winapi-util 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fa515c5163a99cc82bab70fd3bfdd36d827be85de63737b40fcef2ce084a436e"
 "checksum winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
-"checksum winit 0.19.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1e96eb4bb472fa43e718e8fa4aef82f86cd9deac9483a1e1529230babdb394a8"
+"checksum winit 0.19.5 (git+https://github.com/jrmuizel/winit?branch=wr)" = "<none>"
 "checksum wio 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5d129932f4644ac2396cb456385cbf9e63b5b30c6e8dc4820bdca4eb082037a5"
 "checksum ws 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c51a2c47b5798ccc774ffb93ff536aec7c4275d722fd9c740c83cdd1af1f2d94"
 "checksum ws2_32-sys 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
diff --git a/gfx/wr/Cargo.toml b/gfx/wr/Cargo.toml
index bb6b204412a2..e72822d5fcfc 100644
--- a/gfx/wr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gfx/wr/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ panic = "abort"
 # This can be removed once a new version of android_glue is published to crates.io.
 [patch.crates-io]
 android_glue = { git = "https://github.com/rust-windowing/android-rs-glue.git", rev = "e3ac6edea5814e1faca0c31ea8fac6877cb929ea" }
+# this is a version that fixes some incompatibilites with newer rust/aarch64
+winit = { version = "0.19", git = "https://github.com/jrmuizel/winit", branch="wr" }