diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/synergy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/synergy/default.nix
index 1912ef0dfe8..e7f24b37f16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/synergy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/synergy/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [x11 xextproto libXtst inputproto];
 
+  patches = [ (fetchurl {
+    url = http://mawercer.de/~nix/syncergy-gcc43.patch.gz;
+    sha256 = "12kla0nii6qc9fy5x4dc4qisfcyl9dqnrj5y911davnvwkwlj18h";
+  }) ];
+
   meta= { 
       description = "share mouse keyboard and clipboard between computers";
       homepage = http://synergy2.sourceforge.net;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 51b9e9a91a9..7cec7d7929a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6733,7 +6733,7 @@ let
 
   # linux only by now
   synergy = import ../applications/misc/synergy {
-    inherit bleedingEdgeRepos stdenv x11;
+    inherit fetchurl bleedingEdgeRepos stdenv x11;
     inherit (xlibs) xextproto libXtst inputproto;
   };