diff --git a/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix
index 3cb0d3931db3..7636dca15d8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, libtool, flex, bison, texinfo
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, libtool, flex, bison, texinfo, fetchpatch
 
 # Optional Dependencies
 , ncurses ? null
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    sed '1i#include <sys/types.h>' -i src/daemon/open_console.c
     substituteInPlace src/prog/gpm-root.y --replace __sigemptyset sigemptyset
   '';
 
@@ -22,6 +21,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # musl compat patches, safe everywhere
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gentoo/musl/5aed405d87dfa92a5cab1596f898e9dea07169b8/sys-libs/gpm/files/gpm-1.20.7-musl-missing-headers.patch";
+      sha256 = "1g338m6j1sba84wlqp1r6rpabj5nm6ki577hjalg46czg0lfp20h";
+    })
+    # Touches same code as glibc fix in postPatch above, but on the non-glibc route
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gentoo/musl/5aed405d87dfa92a5cab1596f898e9dea07169b8/sys-libs/gpm/files/gpm-1.20.7-musl-portable-sigaction.patch";
+      sha256 = "0hfdqm9977hd5dpzn05y0a6jbj55w1kp4hd9gyzmg9wslmxni4rg";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gentoo/musl/5aed405d87dfa92a5cab1596f898e9dea07169b8/sys-libs/gpm/files/gpm-1.20.7-sysmacros.patch";
+      sha256 = "0lg4l9phvy2n8gy17qsn6zn0qq52vm8g01pgq5kqpr8sd3fb21c2";
+    })
+  ];
   preConfigure = ''
     ./autogen.sh
   '';