diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
index 94c7e72f0e2..f5cccff6650 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0vxvjmi3cdvnp994sv5zcdyncfn0mlxa71p2wm9zpyrmy58bbwds";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./stdbool.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 curl wirelesstools glib openssl ];
   configureFlags =
     (map (x: "--disable-${x}") [ "x11" "xdamage" "own-window" "xft" "lua" "ncurses" ])
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/stdbool.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/stdbool.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f0b714a1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/stdbool.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
+index 5848b61..69a3d45 100644
+--- a/src/conky.c
++++ b/src/conky.c
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+ #include "common.h"
+ #include "timed_thread.h"
+ #include <stdarg.h>
++#include <stdbool.h>
+ #include <math.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <locale.h>