diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
index 4dd157ea95e..dfffafe6edd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
@@ -75,8 +75,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     /* Allow nixos and nix handle the locale-archive. */
     ./nix-locale-archive.patch
 
-    /* Allow nixos and nix handle the locale-archive. */
+    /* A fix for a glibc nscd linking bug, reported upstream already.*/
     ./nscd-ssp-linking.patch
+
+    /* Workaround for a glibc bug reported upstraem already */
+    ./disable-strstr-sse42.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/disable-strstr-sse42.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/disable-strstr-sse42.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c473305039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/disable-strstr-sse42.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Workaround for http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12123
+
+diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strstr-c.c b/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strstr-c.c
+index efa9f78..cd34a88 100644
+--- a/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strstr-c.c
++++ b/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strstr-c.c
+@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
+ extern char *__strstr_sse42 (const char *, const char *) attribute_hidden;
+ extern __typeof (__strstr_ia32) __strstr_ia32 attribute_hidden;
+ 
+-libc_ifunc (strstr, HAS_SSE4_2 ? __strstr_sse42 : __strstr_ia32);
++// Disabled any sse42, due to a bug:
++// http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12123
++libc_ifunc (strstr, __strstr_ia32);