diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/binutils-ld.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/binutils-ld.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4cd7ab3cec34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/binutils-ld.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 7c8a67320e26b8c11108bf0a3410d3aef9cf3486 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:21:15 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] * elf/Makefile (ld.so): Adjust the sed script to insert _begin in to
+
+	newer linker scripts.
+---
+ ChangeLog    |    5 +++++
+ elf/Makefile |    4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
+index 8079fe9..e44ff1d 100644
+--- a/elf/Makefile
++++ b/elf/Makefile
+@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ $(objpfx)ld.so: $(objpfx)librtld.os $(ld-map)
+ 		  $(LDFLAGS-rtld) -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--verbose 2>&1 |	\
+ 		  LC_ALL=C \
+ 		  sed -e '/^=========/,/^=========/!d;/^=========/d'	\
+-		      -e 's/\. = 0 + SIZEOF_HEADERS;/& _begin = . - SIZEOF_HEADERS;/' \
++		      -e 's/\. = .* + SIZEOF_HEADERS;/& _begin = . - SIZEOF_HEADERS;/' \
+ 		  > $@.lds
+ 	$(LINK.o) -nostdlib -nostartfiles -shared -o $@			\
+ 		  $(LDFLAGS-rtld) -Wl,-z,defs $(z-now-$(bind-now))	\
+--
+1.6.4
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix
index 83447d8fe8a9..b5ee705afd09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "1fb29764a6a650a4d5b409dda227ac9f";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./glibc-pwd.patch ./glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch ./glibc-inline.patch ./x86-fnstsw.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./glibc-pwd.patch ./glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch ./glibc-inline.patch ./x86-fnstsw.patch ./binutils-ld.patch ];
 
   inherit kernelHeaders installLocales;