diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/8.19.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/8.19.nix
index 23db167f307..59602e69d1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/8.19.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/8.19.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1rx9x3fp848w4nny7irdkcpkan9fcx24d99v5dkwgkyq7wc76f5d";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./stpncpy.patch ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
   buildInputs = [ gmp ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/stpncpy.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/stpncpy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4a0e0ee0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/stpncpy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- coreutils-8.19/lib/stpncpy.c.orig	2013-09-02 18:20:00.000000000 +0200
++++ coreutils-8.19/lib/stpncpy.c	2013-09-02 18:20:31.000000000 +0200
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ /* Copy no more than N bytes of SRC to DST, returning a pointer past the
+    last non-NUL byte written into DST.  */
+ char *
+-__stpncpy (char *dest, const char *src, size_t n)
++(__stpncpy) (char *dest, const char *src, size_t n)
+ {
+   char c;
+   char *s = dest;