diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
index a8ffc634d0e..fce383dcc9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     curlOpts = "--user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0'";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./gcc5.patch ];
+
   # The contents of this file comes from the Jamtop file from the
   # root of the ArgyllCMS distribution, rewritten to pick up Nixpkgs
   # library paths. When ArgyllCMS is updated, make sure that changes
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/gcc5.patch b/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/gcc5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28067455c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/gcc5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Description: Fix FTBFS with GCC 5
+Author: James Cowgill <james410@cowgill.org.uk>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/777779
+Forwarded: no
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- a/icc/icc.h
++++ b/icc/icc.h
+@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@
+ #define CF64PREC "LL"		/* Constant precision specifier */
+ 
+ #ifndef ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
++#ifdef _MSC_VER
+ # define ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __declspec(noreturn)
++#else
++# define ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
++#endif
+ #endif
+ 
+ #else  /* !__STDC_VERSION__ */