diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/configure-cxxcpp.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/configure-cxxcpp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b8bc85cb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/configure-cxxcpp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -ruN curl-7.12.2/configure curl-7.12.2-new/configure
+--- curl-7.12.2/configure	2004-10-18 00:22:10.000000000 +0200
++++ curl-7.12.2-new/configure	2004-12-09 13:58:57.670095179 +0100
+@@ -6835,11 +6835,12 @@
+ if $ac_preproc_ok; then
+   :
+ else
+-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
+-See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
+-echo "$as_me: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
+-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
+-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
++  #{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
++#See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
++#echo "$as_me: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
++#See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
++   #{ (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
++  :
+ fi
+ 
+ ac_ext=cc
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index e1f99d5b9aa..a5d0d9e561f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "47db6619b849600ba2771074f00da517";
   };
   buildInputs = [zlib];
+  patches = [./configure-cxxcpp.patch];
   configureFlags = "--without-ssl";
 }