diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/default.nix
index 55a8a823e1c7..9b4241aa3be5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = s.hash;
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./ftbfs.patch ];
+
   buildNativeInputs = [ perl ];
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib libjpeg freetype giflib libpng ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/ftbfs.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/ftbfs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6907e70be77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/ftbfs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From: André Draszik <andre.draszik@st.com>
+Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:36:00 +0000 (+0100)
+Subject: generic_stretch_blit: fix compilation due to undefined reference to DSPF_ARGBF88871
+X-Git-Url: http://git.directfb.org/?p=core%2FDirectFB.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ef5e1398fe4037b63d6513e450f107fcfe91047f
+
+generic_stretch_blit: fix compilation due to undefined reference to DSPF_ARGBF88871
+
+../../../../DirectFB/src/gfx/generic/generic_stretch_blit.c: In function 'stretch_hvx':
+../../../../DirectFB/src/gfx/generic/generic_stretch_blit.c:444:21: error: 'DSPF_ARGBF88871' undeclared (first use in this function)
+../../../../DirectFB/src/gfx/generic/generic_stretch_blit.c:444:21: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
+---
+
+diff --git a/src/gfx/generic/generic_stretch_blit.c b/src/gfx/generic/generic_stretch_blit.c
+index 65076f4..6dd987b 100644
+--- a/src/gfx/generic/generic_stretch_blit.c
++++ b/src/gfx/generic/generic_stretch_blit.c
+@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ stretch_hvx( CardState *state, DFBRectangle *srect, DFBRectangle *drect )
+                     }
+                     break;
+ 
+-               case DSPF_ARGBF88871:
++               case DSPF_RGBAF88871:
+                     if (state->blittingflags & DSBLIT_SRC_PREMULTIPLY) {
+                          for (i=0; i<gfxs->Blut->num_entries; i++) {
+                               int alpha = entries[i].a + 1;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/src-for-default.nix
index b181d2858f57..c154ac68e4a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/src-for-default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/src-for-default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 rec {
-   version="1.4.3";
-   name="directfb-1.4.3";
-   hash="0y79lwzq7srlbgrva7b5y8klbp6gmr8hxrayq8njaw7by3jald8l";
-   url="http://directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-1.4/DirectFB-${version}.tar.gz";
-   advertisedUrl="http://directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-1.4/DirectFB-1.4.3.tar.gz";
+   version="1.5.3";
+   name="directfb-1.5.3";
+   hash="1w2i4az6v4sh086s27qbyn5w02s67a7dfm2xdpdm4r2zpgl7axg5";
+   url="http://directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-1.5/DirectFB-${version}.tar.gz";
+   advertisedUrl="http://directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-1.5/DirectFB-1.5.3.tar.gz";
   
   
 }