diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
index 9d2479c2e0b..ac78257b74a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv
+, lib
 , buildPackages
 , cmake
 , libtool
@@ -20,7 +21,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake libtool ];
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
-  patches = [ ./cross.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./cross.patch
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.libc != "glibc") [
+    openexr.non_glibc_fpstate_patch # see description of this patch in `openexr`
+  ];
 
   # fails 1 out of 1 tests with
   # "lt-ImathTest: testBoxAlgo.cpp:892: void {anonymous}::boxMatrixTransform(): Assertion `b21 == b2' failed"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
index 425afc70f37..a1f5183da90 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,24 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , zlib
 , ilmbase
-, fetchpatch 
+, fetchpatch
 , cmake
 , libtool
 }:
+
+let
+  non_glibc_fpstate_patch =
+    # Fix ilmbase/openexr using glibc-only fpstate.
+    # Found via https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/community/openexr/10-musl-_fpstate.patch?id=80d9611b7b8e406a554c6f511137e03ff26acbae,
+    # TODO Remove when https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/798 is merged and available.
+    #      Remove it from `ilmbase` as well then.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "ilmbase-musl-_fpstate.patch.patch";
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/void-linux/void-packages/80bbc168faa25448bd3399f4df331b836e74b85c/srcpkgs/ilmbase/patches/musl-_fpstate.patch";
+      sha256 = "0appzbs9pd6dia5pzxmrs9ww35shlxi329ks6lchwzw4f2a81arz";
+    });
+in
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "openexr";
   version = "2.4.1";
@@ -23,8 +37,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake libtool ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ilmbase zlib ];
 
+  postPatch =
+    if (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.libc != "glibc")
+      then
+        ''
+          patch -p0 < ${non_glibc_fpstate_patch}
+        ''
+      else null; # `null` avoids rebuild on glibc
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  passthru = {
+    # So that ilmbase (sharing the same source code) can re-use this patch.
+    inherit non_glibc_fpstate_patch;
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format";
     homepage = "https://www.openexr.com/";