diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat-openbsd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat-openbsd/default.nix
index 8c9247013778..2d9776abfcfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat-openbsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat-openbsd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libbsd}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, libbsd}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.187";
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/musl.git/plain/net-analyzer/openbsd-netcat/files/openbsd-netcat-1.105-b64_ntop.patch?id=4a5864922232c7df550c21f2a7b77fe6f8ffc6d6";
+      sha256 = "1cgqb6fxas5yiwf26hq57v627hhmcskl5j6rx30090ha2ksjqyvr";
+    })
+  ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
     install -Dm0755 nc $out/bin/nc