diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
index 06bd5823e87..a3684194c0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig icu cluceneCore curl ];
 
+  # because curl/types.h disappeared since at least curl 7.21.7
+  patches = [ ./dont_include_curl_types_h.patch ];
+
   prePatch = ''
     patchShebangs .;
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/dont_include_curl_types_h.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/dont_include_curl_types_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..233d59a3243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/dont_include_curl_types_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp b/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp
+index 7d2fd3c..046291e 100644
+--- a/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp
++++ b/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp
+@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ 
+ #include <curl/curl.h>
+-#include <curl/types.h>
+ #include <curl/easy.h>
+ 
+ #include <swlog.h>
+diff --git a/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp b/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp
+index b736050..229d4dd 100644
+--- a/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp
++++ b/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp
+@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
+ #include <cctype>
+ 
+ #include <curl/curl.h>
+-#include <curl/types.h>
+ #include <curl/easy.h>
+ 
+ #include <swlog.h>