diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/kcov/aarch64_nt_prstatus.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/kcov/aarch64_nt_prstatus.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5c3662e9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/kcov/aarch64_nt_prstatus.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/engines/ptrace.cc b/src/engines/ptrace.cc
+index 59b615f..e02cddf 100644
+--- a/src/engines/ptrace.cc
++++ b/src/engines/ptrace.cc
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
+ 
+ #if defined(__aarch64__)
+ #  include <sys/uio.h>
++#  include <elf.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <map>
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/kcov/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/kcov/default.nix
index ce391b938ca..7d75d9a34e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/kcov/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/kcov/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib curl elfutils python libiberty libopcodes ];
 
+  patches = [ ./aarch64_nt_prstatus.patch ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {