diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.3/llvm.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.3/llvm.nix
index d0f8fcb3bf8..8dca8b43bc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.3/llvm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.3/llvm.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     ./more-memory-for-bugpoint.patch # The default rlimits in 3.3 are too low for shared libraries.
     ./no-rule-aarch64.patch          # http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16625
+    # Patch needed for Julia, backports fixes from LLVM 3.5
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaLang/julia/3bdda3750efc4ebf8ce7eda8a0888ffef3851605/deps/llvm-3.3.patch";
+      sha256 = "0j6chyx4k8zr1qha5dks8lqlcraqrj4q1hwnk2kj3qi6cajsd8k3";
+    })
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ perl groff cmake python libffi ];