diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
index 0e6c24bf61e..67d917f699d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://apache.mirrors.hoobly.com/logging/log4cxx/0.10.0/apache-log4cxx-0.10.0.tar.gz;    
     sha256 = "130cjafck1jlqv92mxbn47yhxd2ccwwnprk605c6lmm941i3kq0d";
   };
-  
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i -e '1,/^#include/ {
+      /^#include/i \
+        #include <cstdio> \
+        #include <cstdlib> \
+        #include <cstring>
+    }' src/examples/cpp/console.cpp \
+       src/main/cpp/inputstreamreader.cpp \
+       src/main/cpp/socketoutputstream.cpp
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [autoconf automake libtool libxml2 cppunit boost apr aprutil db45 expat];
 
   meta = {