diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jfsrec/svn-7.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jfsrec/svn-7.nix
index bb124bb52e7..48ec07bbe8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jfsrec/svn-7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jfsrec/svn-7.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ rec {
     sed -e 's/-lboost_[a-z_]*/&-mt/g' -i src/Makefile.in
   '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
 
+  doFixInc = FullDepEntry (''
+    sed -e '/[#]include [<]config.h[>]/a\#include <string.h>' -i src/unicode_to_utf8.cpp
+    cat src/unicode_to_utf8.cpp
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+
   /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doFixBoost" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+  phaseNames = ["doFixBoost" "doFixInc" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
       
   name = "jfsrec-" + version;
   meta = {