diff --git a/recipes/gperf/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/gperf/all/conandata.yml
index c656af8421915..abb928a47430d 100644
--- a/recipes/gperf/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/gperf/all/conandata.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ sources:
     sha256: "588546b945bba4b70b6a3a616e80b4ab466e3f33024a352fc2198112cdbb3ae2"
 patches:
   "3.1":
-    - patch_file: "all/0001-assert-exception-upstream-issue-2011.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/0001-remove-register-keyword.patch"
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
diff --git a/recipes/gperf/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/gperf/all/conanfile.py
index c87d492809d3e..a509569e0a497 100644
--- a/recipes/gperf/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/gperf/all/conanfile.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class GperfConan(ConanFile):
     settings = "os", "arch", "compiler"
     _source_subfolder = "source_subfolder"
     _autotools = None
-    exports_sources = "patches/**"
+    exports_sources = "patches/*"
 
     @property
     def _is_msvc(self):
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def _build_configure(self):
             autotools.make()
 
     def build(self):
+        for patch in self.conan_data.get("patches", {}).get(self.version, []):
+            tools.patch(**patch)
         if self._is_msvc:
             with tools.vcvars(self.settings):
                 self._build_configure()