diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/default.nix
index 6badaa3b4c8a..724800898ace 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, Foundation }:
+{ callPackage, fetchpatch, zlib, Foundation }:
 /*
   Add new graal versions and products here and then see update.nix on how to
   generate the sources.
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 let
   mkGraal = opts: callPackage (import ./mkGraal.nix opts) {
     inherit Foundation;
+    # remove this once zlib 1.2.13 is released
+    zlib = zlib.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+      patches = (oldAttrs.patches or [ ]) ++ [
+        (fetchpatch {
+          url = "https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/ec3df00224d4b396e2ac6586ab5d25f673caa4c2.patch";
+          sha256 = "sha256-jSa3OCigBdpWFDllCWC2rgE9GxCNR0yjsc+bpwPDBEA=";
+        })
+      ];
+    });
   };
 
   /*