diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/imake-cc-wrapper-uberhack.patch b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/imake-cc-wrapper-uberhack.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe079eeb42a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/imake-cc-wrapper-uberhack.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/imake.c b/imake.c
+index c20cd4a..ec2589b 100644
+--- a/imake.c
++++ b/imake.c
+@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ get_libc_version(FILE *inFile)
+ {
+   char aout[4096], *tmpdir;
+   FILE *fp;
+-  const char *format = "%s -o %s -x c -";
++  const char *format = "f=$(mktemp imakeXXXXXX.c); cat > $f; %s $f -o %s";
+   char *cc;
+   int len;
+   char *command;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 607023f6f8e7..bbd78c886cf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ in
   imake = attrs: attrs // {
     inherit (xorg) xorgcffiles;
     x11BuildHook = ./imake.sh;
-    patches = [./imake.patch];
+    patches = [./imake.patch ./imake-cc-wrapper-uberhack.patch];
     setupHook = if stdenv.isDarwin then ./darwin-imake-setup-hook.sh else null;
     CFLAGS = [ "-DIMAKE_COMPILETIME_CPP=\\\"${if stdenv.isDarwin
       then "${args.tradcpp}/bin/cpp"