diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/cmake_check_symbol_exists.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/cmake_check_symbol_exists.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e0ae68e17c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/cmake_check_symbol_exists.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: gnucash-3.6/gnucash/register/register-gnome/CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- gnucash-3.6.orig/gnucash/register/register-gnome/CMakeLists.txt
++++ gnucash-3.6/gnucash/register/register-gnome/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ add_subdirectory(test)
+ 
+ #GTK before 3.14 didn't have GDK_MODIFIER_INTENT_DEFAULT_MOD_MASK
++include(CheckSymbolExists)
+ check_symbol_exists(GDK_MODIFIER_INTENT_DEFAULT_MOD_MASK gdk/gdktypes.h have_mod_mask)
+ if (NOT have_mod_mask)
+ if (MAC_INTEGRATION)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
index d3ab02fabd3f..3abc447f6e9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Should probably be removed next version bump
   CXXFLAGS = [ "-Wno-deprecated-declarations" ];
 
+  patches = [ ./cmake_check_symbol_exists.patch ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
   '';