diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
index 88565d5d51b5..278eb8e9e523 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, bash, help2man }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lirc-0.9.1";
+  name = "lirc-0.9.1a";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/lirc/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0vakq9x10hyj9k7iv35sm5f4dhxvk0miwxvv6kn0bhwkr2mnapj6";
+    sha256 = "191vhgsds221rzpzjibj005pfr182hq65hniqfd0qqsl5h1zwq8r";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchurl {
+       url = "https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/lirc-0.9.1a-fix-segfaults.patch?h=packages/lirc";
+       sha256 = "00ainq7y8yh2r447968jid06cqfb1xirv24xxrkl0gvakrrv9gnh";
+    })
+  ];
+
   preBuild = "patchShebangs .";
 
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib help2man ];