diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/agrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/agrep/default.nix
index 5d6eed458c0..10d3a47cc85 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/agrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/agrep/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "14addnwspdf2mxpqyrw8b84bb2257y43g5ccy4ipgrr91fmxq2sk";
   };
 
+  # Related: https://github.com/Wikinaut/agrep/pull/11
+  prePatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl || stdenv.isDarwin) ''
+    sed -i '1i#include <sys/stat.h>' checkfil.c newmgrep.c recursiv.c
+  '';
   installPhase = ''
     install -Dm 555 agrep -t "$out/bin"
     install -Dm 444 docs/* -t "$out/doc"