diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix
index f5d17d9d3951..82908a166d46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, boost, dash, freetype, libpng, pkg-config, SDL, which, zlib, nasm }:
+{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, boost, dash, freetype, libpng, pkg-config, SDL, which, zlib, nasm }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mupen64plus";
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1a21n4gqdvag6krwcjm5bnyw5phrlxw6m0mk73jy53iq03f3s96m";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream fix for -fno-common toolchains:
+    #  https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/pull/736
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fno-common.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/commit/39975200ad4926cfc79c96609b64696289065502.patch";
+      sha256 = "0kdshp9xdkharn3d1g1pvxhh761pa1v5w07iq0wf9l380r2m6gbv";
+      # a/something -> a/source/mupen64plus-core/something
+      stripLen = 1;
+      extraPrefix = "source/mupen64plus-core/";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config nasm ];
   buildInputs = [ boost dash freetype libpng SDL which zlib ];