diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/redland/1.0.8.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/redland/1.0.8.nix
index f7699b1e37f..9b065043178 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/redland/1.0.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/redland/1.0.8.nix
@@ -20,5 +20,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     
   configureFlags = "--with-threads --with-bdb=${bdb}";
   
-  patchPhase = "sed -e 1s@/usr@${perl}@ -i utils/touch-mtime.pl";
+  patchPhase =
+    ''
+      sed -e 1s@/usr@${perl}@ -i utils/touch-mtime.pl
+
+      # Redland 1.0.9 uses an internal pre-processor symbol SQLITE_API
+      # that collides with a symbol of the same name in sqlite 3.6.19.
+      # This is a quick fix for the problem. A real solution needs to be
+      # implemented upstream, though.
+      find . -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/SQLITE_API/REDLAND_SQLITE_API/g' {} \;
+    '';
 }