diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
index 156db640acd..1753f52ab1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-colors256"
   ];
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://gist.githubusercontent.com/yujinakayama/4608863/raw/76b9f89af5e5a2e97d9a0f36aac989fb56cf1447/gistfile1.diff;
+      sha256 = "0f9bf83p8zdxaa1pr75jyf5g8xr3r8kv7cyzzbpraa1q4j15ss1p";
+      stripLen = 1;
+    });
+
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux pam
                             ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin utmp;