diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
index f56cee49ecf5..eae2241c3b4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, tzdata }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, tzdata, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.4.7";
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "16jr9yjk8wgzfh22hr3z6mp4jm3fkacyibds4jj5xx5yymbm8wj9";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://bitbucket.org/hroptatyr/dateutils/commits/6813ed94534f2311fbe9164748919e39d60b0190/raw";
+      sha256 = "1zs3iizb172ha56g03rr8kzd8zx6qypiqsc11jw758mliwxk5rgc";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ tzdata ]; # needed for datezone
   enableParallelBuilding = true;