diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix
index 67158bb69b0..9df7868be1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha1 = "a0bd98ea1ba174800896611e3305a6b6d8dbde2f";
   };
 
+  patches =
+    [ # Build on GCC 4.4.
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/net-nntp/pan/files/pan-0.133-gcc44.patch?rev=1.1";
+        sha256 = "05xmgvcpl1gjcfab8xsdy400p55j59hp52fwa4qbwlqy3c35qv1v";
+      })
+    ];
+
   buildInputs = [pkgconfig gtk perl pcre gmime gettext]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional spellChecking gtkspell;