diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix
index 023d9cebb973..f7a31ad8086f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "npth";
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-hYn1aTe3XOM7KNMS/MvzArO3HsPzlF/eaqp0AnkUrQU=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "musl.patch";
+      url = "https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=npth.git;a=patch;h=417abd56fd7bf45cd4948414050615cb1ad59134";
+      hash = "sha256-0g2tLFjW1bybNi6oxlW7vPimsQLjmTih4JZSoATjESI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {