diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/hexcurse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/hexcurse/default.nix
index 5c0f2ee18e1f..22cc4d47e680 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/hexcurse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/hexcurse/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "hexcurse-${version}";
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "17ckkxfzbqvvfdnh10if4aqdcq98q3vl6dn1v6f4lhr4ifnyjdlk";
   };
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  patches = [
+    # gcc7 compat
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/LonnyGomes/hexcurse/commit/d808cb7067d1df067f8b707fabbfaf9f8931484c.patch;
+      sha256 = "0h8345blmc401c6bivf0imn4cwii67264yrzxg821r46wrnfvyi2";
+    })
+    # gcc7 compat
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/LonnyGomes/hexcurse/commit/716b5d58ac859cc240b8ccb9cbd79ace3e0593c1.patch;
+      sha256 = "0v6gbp6pjpmnzswlf6d97aywiy015g3kcmfrrkspsbb7lh1y3nix";
+    })
+  ];
   
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "ncurses-based console hexeditor written in C";