diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freeglut/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeglut/default.nix
index 704dc0005fb..19720b9d677 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freeglut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeglut/default.nix
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [x11 mesa];
+  patches = ./freeglut-gcc-4.2.patch;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freeglut/freeglut-gcc-4.2.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeglut/freeglut-gcc-4.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1642affba91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeglut/freeglut-gcc-4.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -urN freeglut-2.4.0.old/src/freeglut_joystick.c freeglut-2.4.0/src/freeglut_joystick.c
+--- freeglut-2.4.0.old/src/freeglut_joystick.c	2007-06-16 03:51:41.000000000 +0000
++++ freeglut-2.4.0/src/freeglut_joystick.c	2007-06-16 03:54:27.000000000 +0000
+@@ -1682,9 +1682,6 @@
+ 
+   fgInitialiseJoysticks ();
+ 
+-  if ( !fgJoystick )
+-    return 0;
+-
+   if ( !fgState.JoysticksInitialised )
+     return 0;
+