diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/networking/ns-3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/networking/ns-3/default.nix
index 94bb5c3e3ab2..494c7f9f851b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/networking/ns-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/networking/ns-3/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
 , python
 , wafHook
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "nsnam";
     repo   = "ns-3-dev";
     rev    = "ns-3.${version}";
-    sha256 = "158yjhsrmslj1q4zcq5p16hv9i82qnxx714l7idicncn0wzrfx7k";
+    sha256 = "0ds8h0f2qcb0gc2a8bk38cbhdb122i4sbg589bjn59rblzw0hkq4";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ wafHook python ];
@@ -97,6 +98,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ${pythonEnv.interpreter} ./test.py --nowaf
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "upstream-issue-336.patch";
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/nsnam/ns-3-dev/-/commit/673004edae1112e6cb249b698aad856d728530fb.patch";
+      sha256 = "0q96ividinbh9xlws014b2ir6gaavygnln5ca9m1db06m4vfwhng";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # strictoverflow prevents clang from discovering pyembed when bindings
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" "strictoverflow"];