diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix
index c151deddd70e..7cc8aeda3677 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = http://download.sarine.nl/Programs/gmpc/11.8/libmpd-11.8.17.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "10vspwsgr8pwf3qp2bviw6b2l8prgdiswgv7qiqiyr0h1mmk487y";
     };
+    patches = [ ./libmpd-11.8.17-remove-strndup.patch ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib ];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/libmpd-11.8.17-remove-strndup.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/libmpd-11.8.17-remove-strndup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad4fdc02ef3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/libmpd-11.8.17-remove-strndup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/src/libmpd-internal.h b/src/libmpd-internal.h
+index c84c3a4..51be441 100644
+--- a/src/libmpd-internal.h
++++ b/src/libmpd-internal.h
+@@ -206,10 +206,6 @@ int mpd_unlock_conn(MpdObj *mi);
+ MpdData * mpd_misc_sort_tag_list(MpdData *data);
+ 
+ 
+-#ifndef HAVE_STRNDUP
+-char * 		strndup					(const char *s, size_t n);
+-#endif
+-
+ int mpd_server_get_allowed_commands(MpdObj *mi);
+ typedef enum _MpdSearchType {
+ 	MPD_SEARCH_TYPE_NONE,