diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix
index 16db4290ec0d..0b0a937bc182 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "buddy-2.4";
-  
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/buddy/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0dl86l9xkl33wnkz684xa9axhcxx2zzi4q5lii0axnb9lsk81pyk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ bison ];
+  patches = [ ./gcc-4.3.3-fixes.patch ];
+  configureFlags = "CFLAGS=-O3 CXXFLAGS=-O3";
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/buddy/";
     description = "binary decision diagram package";
     license = "as-is";
   };
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/buddy/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dl86l9xkl33wnkz684xa9axhcxx2zzi4q5lii0axnb9lsk81pyk";
-  };
-  
-  configureFlags = "CFLAGS=-O3 CXXFLAGS=-O3";
-  
-  doCheck = true;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/gcc-4.3.3-fixes.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/gcc-4.3.3-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e7efd1c4666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/gcc-4.3.3-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff -uwr buddy-2.4.orig/examples/bddcalc/parser.yxx buddy-2.4/examples/bddcalc/parser.yxx
+--- buddy-2.4.orig/examples/bddcalc/parser.yxx	2009-07-02 17:12:48.000000000 +0200
++++ buddy-2.4/examples/bddcalc/parser.yxx	2009-07-02 17:18:36.000000000 +0200
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+
+ %{
+ #include <string>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include <fstream>
+ #include <getopt.h>
+diff -uwr buddy-2.4.orig/src/bddtest.cxx buddy-2.4/src/bddtest.cxx
+--- buddy-2.4.orig/src/bddtest.cxx	2009-07-02 17:12:48.000000000 +0200
++++ buddy-2.4/src/bddtest.cxx	2009-07-02 17:14:05.000000000 +0200
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ ========================================================================*/
+
+ #include <string>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ #include "bdd.h"
+ #include "bvec.h"
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 802e6f9eea8b..eb0da3a424c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@ let
   };
 
   buddy = import ../development/libraries/buddy {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv bison;
   };
 
   cairo = import ../development/libraries/cairo {