diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wvstreams/compile.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/wvstreams/compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c71e7396e918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wvstreams/compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Debian's patch to build with fresher GCC
+
+Index: wvstreams-4.6.1/crypto/wvx509.cc
+===================================================================
+--- wvstreams-4.6.1.orig/crypto/wvx509.cc	2011-05-20 00:02:38.119136584 +0200
++++ wvstreams-4.6.1/crypto/wvx509.cc	2011-05-20 00:02:26.035136589 +0200
+@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
+         
+         if (ext)
+         {
+-            X509V3_EXT_METHOD *method = X509V3_EXT_get(ext);
++            X509V3_EXT_METHOD *method = (X509V3_EXT_METHOD *)X509V3_EXT_get(ext);
+             if (!method)
+             {
+                 WvDynBuf buf;
+Index: wvstreams-4.6.1/ipstreams/wvunixdgsocket.cc
+===================================================================
+--- wvstreams-4.6.1.orig/ipstreams/wvunixdgsocket.cc	2011-05-20 00:02:38.391136584 +0200
++++ wvstreams-4.6.1/ipstreams/wvunixdgsocket.cc	2011-05-20 00:02:35.283136585 +0200
+@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
+ #include "wvunixdgsocket.h"
+-#ifdef MACOS
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+-#endif
+ 
+ WvUnixDGSocket::WvUnixDGSocket(WvStringParm filename, bool _server, int perms)
+     : socketfile(filename)
+Index: wvstreams-4.6.1/streams/wvatomicfile.cc
+===================================================================
+--- wvstreams-4.6.1.orig/streams/wvatomicfile.cc	2011-05-20 00:02:38.223136584 +0200
++++ wvstreams-4.6.1/streams/wvatomicfile.cc	2011-05-20 00:02:31.619136587 +0200
+@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
+ #include "wvatomicfile.h"
+ #include "wvfileutils.h"
+ #include "wvstrutils.h"
+-
+-#ifdef MACOS
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+-#endif
+ 
+ WvAtomicFile::WvAtomicFile(WvStringParm filename, int flags, mode_t create_mode)
+     : tmp_file(WvString::null)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wvstreams/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wvstreams/default.nix
index e1238578edcc..0b551b753f57 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wvstreams/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wvstreams/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0cvnq3mvh886gmxh0km858aqhx30hpyrfpg1dh6ara9sz3xza0w4";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./compile.patch ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     find -type f | xargs sed -i 's@/bin/bash@bash@g'
   '';