diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/glibc-2.39.diff b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/glibc-2.39.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..edc79ce76d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/glibc-2.39.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
+index fa63a3b..1e8f554 100644
+--- a/src/debug.cpp
++++ b/src/debug.cpp
+@@ -1494,6 +1494,14 @@ std::string game_info::operating_system()
+ }
+ 
+ #if !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined (__ANDROID__) && ( defined (__linux__) || defined(unix) || defined(__unix__) || defined(__unix) || ( defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__) ) || defined(BSD) ) // linux; unix; MacOs; BSD
++                                                                                                                                                                                                      //
++class FILEDeleter
++{
++    public:
++        void operator()( FILE *f ) const noexcept {
++            pclose( f );
++        }
++};
+ /** Execute a command with the shell by using `popen()`.
+  * @param command The full command to execute.
+  * @note The output buffer is limited to 512 characters.
+@@ -1504,7 +1512,7 @@ static std::string shell_exec( const std::string &command )
+     std::vector<char> buffer( 512 );
+     std::string output;
+     try {
+-        std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype( &pclose )> pipe( popen( command.c_str(), "r" ), pclose );
++        std::unique_ptr<FILE, FILEDeleter> pipe( popen( command.c_str(), "r" ) );
+         if( pipe ) {
+             while( fgets( buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe.get() ) != nullptr ) {
+                 output += buffer.data();
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix
index 90eab89a8349..5c3ccb4bf287 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ let
         url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/c/cataclysm-dda/0.G-4/debian/patches/gcc13-keyword-requires.patch";
         hash = "sha256-8yvHh0YKC7AC/qzia7AZAfMewMC0RiSepMXpOkMXRd8=";
       })
+      # Fix build w/ glibc-2.39
+      # From https://github.com/BrettDong/Cataclysm-DDA/commit/9b206e2dc969ad79345596e03c3980bd155d2f48
+      ./glibc-2.39.diff
     ];
 
     makeFlags = common.makeFlags ++ [