diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/vampire/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/vampire/default.nix
index 12b2a36c6ea..e05839b2a14 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/vampire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/vampire/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, z3, zlib, git }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, z3, zlib, git }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "4.2.2";
@@ -16,7 +16,30 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ git ];
   buildInputs = [ z3 zlib ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "vampire_z3_rel" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "vampire_z3_rel" "CC:=$(CC)" "CXX:=$(CXX)" ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/vprover/vampire/pull/54
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-apple-cygwin-defines.patch";
+      url = https://github.com/vprover/vampire/pull/54.patch;
+      sha256 = "0i6nrc50wlg1dqxq38lkpx4rmfb3lf7s8f95l4jkvqp0nxa20cza";
+    })
+    # https://github.com/vprover/vampire/pull/55
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-wait-any.patch";
+      url = https://github.com/vprover/vampire/pull/55.patch;
+      sha256 = "1pwfpwpl23bqsgkmmvw6bnniyvp5j9v8l3z9s9pllfabnfcrcz9l";
+    })
+    # https://github.com/vprover/vampire/pull/56
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fenv.patch";
+      url = https://github.com/vprover/vampire/pull/56.patch;
+      sha256 = "0xl3jcyqmk146mg3qj5hdd0pbja6wbq3250zmfhbxqrjh40mm40g";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   fixupPhase = ''
     rm -rf z3