diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtheora/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtheora/default.nix
index 1638150c263..8f0c4d818f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtheora/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtheora/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libogg, libvorbis, pkg-config}:
+{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libogg, libvorbis, pkg-config, autoreconfHook, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libtheora-1.1.1";
@@ -8,18 +8,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0swiaj8987n995rc7hw0asvpwhhzpjiws8kr3s6r44bqqib2k5a0";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix error in autoconf scripts
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/xiph/theora/commit/28cc6dbd9b2a141df94f60993256a5fca368fa54.diff";
+      sha256 = "16jqrq4h1b3krj609vbpzd5845cvkbh3mwmjrcdg35m490p19x9k";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
   outputDoc = "devdoc";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libogg libvorbis ];
 
-  # GCC's -fforce-addr flag is not supported by clang
-  # It's just an optimization, so it's safe to simply remove it
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace "-fforce-addr" ""
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.theora.org/";
     description = "Library for Theora, a free and open video compression format";