diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
index 7490995e6611..8121074f841e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, gettext
+, fetchpatch
 , genPosixLockObjOnly ? false
 }: let
   genPosixLockObjOnlyAttrs = lib.optionalAttrs genPosixLockObjOnly {
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-/AfnD2xhX4xPWQqON6m43S4soelAj45gRZxnRSuSXiM=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optionals (with stdenv; buildPlatform != hostPlatform) [
+    # Fix cross-compilation, remove in next release
+    # TODO apply unconditionally
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/gpg/libgpg-error/commit/33593864cd54143db594c4237bba41e14179061c.patch";
+      sha256 = "1jnd7flaj5nlc7spa6mwwygmh5fajw1n8js8f23jpw4pbgvgdv4r";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     sed '/BUILD_TIMESTAMP=/s/=.*/=1970-01-01T00:01+0000/' -i ./configure
   '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 && stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) ''