diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
index 8cce2b88317d..796747bf6e9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/commit/9aa947471fcfc607bec6d92a1a6eed5c692edbaf.patch";
       sha256 = "0zsg46jflsh644jccrcgyfalr7fkzrv041kyi8644nyk923gcrl9";
     })
+    # https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/issues/1510 - fix w/musl, possibly BSDs?
+    # 
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-issue-1510.patch";
+      url = https://github.com/makepost/ninja/commit/567815df38a2ff54ad7478a90bd75c91e434236a.patch;
+      sha256 = "0zd0xyi7h2066nw1dsk76c7yf71b0f7v4p5nljda7jxi01vpdh69";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python re2c ] ++ optionals buildDocs [ asciidoc docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxslt.bin ];