diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/bochs/bochs-2.6.9-glibc-2.26.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/bochs/bochs-2.6.9-glibc-2.26.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a13b42ee35a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/bochs/bochs-2.6.9-glibc-2.26.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/iodev/network/slirp/slirp.h b/iodev/network/slirp/slirp.h
+index 7c16aa3..202a1b7 100644
+--- a/iodev/network/slirp/slirp.h
++++ b/iodev/network/slirp/slirp.h
+@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ typedef char *caddr_t;
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+-#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+ #include <stdint.h>
++#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
+ #endif
+ #ifdef HAVE_SYS_BITYPES_H
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/bochs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/bochs/default.nix
index 211bd2f39e08..4ad8f0213261 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/bochs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/bochs/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1379cq4cnfprhw8mgh60i0q9j8fz8d7n3d5fnn2g9fdiv5znfnzf";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./bochs-2.6.9-glibc-2.26.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = with stdenv.lib;
   [ pkgconfig libtool gtk2 mesa readline libX11 libXpm docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl ]
   ++ optionals termSupport [ ncurses ]
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "An open-source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator";
     longDescription = ''