diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/jbig2enc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/jbig2enc/default.nix
index 71f0789286a..a6f6c437612 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/jbig2enc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/jbig2enc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, leptonica, zlib, libwebp, giflib, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff }: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, leptonica, zlib, libwebp, giflib, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "jbig2enc-0.28";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -6,6 +8,13 @@
     sha256 = "1wc0lmqz4jag3rhhk1xczlqpfv2qqp3fz7wzic2lba3vsbi1rrw3";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/agl/jbig2enc/commit/53ce5fe7e73d7ed95c9e12b52dd4984723f865fa.diff";
+      sha256 = "0n6s24i1fy9xspawns3r0kmx2fl0q3wqp68l1yai36jhfw08i3n4";
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ leptonica zlib libwebp giflib libjpeg libpng libtiff ];
 
   # This is necessary, because the resulting library has