diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
index 332ca526b6b..78644200e0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ openssl ]
     ++ optionals (!libOnly) [ openldap libedit ];
 
+  patches = [ ./path_char_fix.patch ];
+
   preConfigure = "cd ./src";
 
   buildPhase = optionalString libOnly ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/path_char_fix.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/path_char_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a6dc4c11c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/path_char_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+See https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/467
+diff --git a/src/include/Makefile.in b/src/include/Makefile.in
+index 4bb11e4..cb4b44b 100644
+--- a/src/include/Makefile.in
++++ b/src/include/Makefile.in
+@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ SBINDIR = @sbindir@
+ LIBDIR  = @libdir@
+ SYSCONFCONF = @SYSCONFCONF@
+ 
+-PROCESS_REPLACE = -e "s+@KRB5RCTMPDIR+$(KRB5RCTMPDIR)+" \
+-		  -e "s+@PREFIX+$(INSTALL_PREFIX)+" \
+-		  -e "s+@EXEC_PREFIX+$(INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX)+" \
+-		  -e "s+@BINDIR+$(BINDIR)+" \
+-		  -e "s+@LIBDIR+$(LIBDIR)+" \
+-		  -e "s+@SBINDIR+$(SBINDIR)+" \
+-		  -e "s+@MODULEDIR+$(MODULE_DIR)+" \
+-		  -e "s+@GSSMODULEDIR+$(GSS_MODULE_DIR)+" \
+-		  -e 's+@LOCALSTATEDIR+$(LOCALSTATEDIR)+' \
+-		  -e 's+@RUNSTATEDIR+$(RUNSTATEDIR)+' \
+-		  -e 's+@SYSCONFDIR+$(SYSCONFDIR)+' \
+-		  -e 's+@DYNOBJEXT+$(DYNOBJEXT)+' \
+-		  -e 's+@SYSCONFCONF+$(SYSCONFCONF)+'
++PROCESS_REPLACE = -e "s\"@KRB5RCTMPDIR\"$(KRB5RCTMPDIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@PREFIX\"$(INSTALL_PREFIX)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@EXEC_PREFIX\"$(INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@BINDIR\"$(BINDIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@LIBDIR\"$(LIBDIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@SBINDIR\"$(SBINDIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@MODULEDIR\"$(MODULE_DIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@GSSMODULEDIR\"$(GSS_MODULE_DIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@LOCALSTATEDIR\"$(LOCALSTATEDIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@RUNSTATEDIR\"$(RUNSTATEDIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@SYSCONFDIR\"$(SYSCONFDIR)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@DYNOBJEXT\"$(DYNOBJEXT)\"" \
++		  -e "s\"@SYSCONFCONF\"$(SYSCONFCONF)\""
+ 
+ OSCONFSRC = $(srcdir)/osconf.hin
+