diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix
index 0321ae1f60a..32c1bbbe941 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, boehmgc, zlib, sqlite, pcre }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, boehmgc, zlib, sqlite, pcre }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "neko-${version}";
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1lcm1ahbklfpd5lnqjwmvyj2vr85jbq57hszk5jgq0x6yx6p3927";
   };
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.singleton (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/neko/commit/"
+        + "ccc78c29deab7971e1369f4fe3dedd14cf9f3128.patch";
+    sha256 = "1nya50rzai15hmpq2azganjxzgrfydf30glfwirgw6q8z7z3wpkq";
+  });
+
   prePatch = with stdenv.lib; let
     libs = concatStringsSep "," (map (lib: "\"${lib}/include\"") buildInputs);
   in ''