diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
index 33ecfc807cd..d1b57e02c52 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "870d76d46dcaba37c13d01dca47d1774";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./glibc-pwd.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./glibc-pwd.patch ./glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch ];
 
   inherit kernelHeaders installLocales;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8543dbbf1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+2006-06-18  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getcwd.c: Include sys/param.h.
+
+--- glibc-old/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getcwd.c
++++ glibc-new/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getcwd.c
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
+ #include <limits.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
++#include <sys/param.h>
+ 
+ #include <sysdep.h>
+ #include <sys/syscall.h>