diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/cadaver/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/cadaver/default.nix
index a6752606da69..6bc96a5b8c72 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/cadaver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/cadaver/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cadaver-0.23.3";
@@ -8,11 +8,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1jizq69ifrjbjvz5y79wh1ny94gsdby4gdxwjad4bfih6a5fck7x";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [openssl];
-  configureFlags = ["--with-ssl"];
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/plain/trunk/disable-sslv2.patch?h=packages/cadaver;
+      name = "disable-sslv2.patch";
+      sha256 = "1qx65hv584wdarks51yhd3y38g54affkphm5wz27xiz4nhmbssrr";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-ssl";
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A command-line WebDAV client for Unix";
+    description = "A command-line WebDAV client";
     homepage    = http://www.webdav.org/cadaver;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ianwookim ];
     license     = licenses.gpl2;