diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/matchbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/matchbox/default.nix
index 51bb3010d330..f12ed0ea0a7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/matchbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/matchbox/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, libmatchbox, libX11, libXext }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkg-config, libmatchbox, libX11, libXext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "matchbox";
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1zyfq438b466ygcz78nvsmnsc5bhg4wcfnpxb43kbkwpyx53m8l1";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream fix for -fno-common tollchains:
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fno-common.patch";
+      url = "https://git.yoctoproject.org/matchbox-window-manager/patch/?id=844f61069896fe3f549ab425d731c061028f697c";
+      sha256 = "1md2s7q094hn4gzg21pfyz8d426y07d5rbx2icas9nvc8jj7bwfc";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "X window manager for non-desktop embedded systems";
     homepage = "https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-item/matchbox/";