diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix
index 62b94d34638e..0a6895aff6b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, lesstif, ncurses, libX11, libXt}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ddd-3.3.11";
+  name = "ddd-3.3.12";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/ddd/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "a555d76e1d4d5fa092b190ffb99cdde8880131c063e4b53435df3a022ed4d3da";
+    sha256 = "0p5nx387857w3v2jbgvps2p6mlm0chajcdw5sfrddcglsxkwvmis";
   };
   buildInputs = [lesstif ncurses libX11 libXt];
 	configureFlags = "--with-x";
+
+  patches = [ ./gcc44.patch ];
 	meta = {
 	  homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd;
 		description = "Graphical front-end for command-line debuggers";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/gcc44.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/gcc44.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4e4004b12e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/gcc44.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504868
+--- a/ddd/strclass.C~ 2008-11-07 17:57:13.000000000 +0000
++++ b/ddd/strclass.C  2008-11-07 17:57:27.000000000 +0000
+@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
+ #include <new>
++#include <cstdio>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ 
+ void string::error(const char* msg) const