diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
index eff47c9c503..2525cafc28b 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/dosbox/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "01cfjc5bs08m4w79nbxyv7rnvzq2yckmgrbq36njn06lw8b4kxqk";
   };
+
+  patches =
+    [ # Fix building with GCC 4.6.
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/games-emulation/dosbox/files/dosbox-0.74-gcc46.patch?revision=1.1";
+        sha256 = "03iv1ph7fccfw327ngnhvzwyiix7fsbdb5mmpxivzkidhlrssxq9";
+      })
+    ];
+
+  patchFlags = "-p0";
   
   buildInputs = [ SDL ];