diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnumeric/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnumeric/default.nix
index 5845536e72ed..70d1e3d79ba5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/gnumeric/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnumeric/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, perlPackages
 , goffice, gnome3, wrapGAppsHook, gtk3, bison, pythonPackages
-, itstool
+, itstool, autoreconfHook
 }:
 
 let
   inherit (pythonPackages) python pygobject3;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnumeric";
-  version = "1.12.45";
+  version = "1.12.45"; # TODO next release: remove gamma patch and autoreconfHook
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "0c8dl1kvnj3g32qy3s92qpqpqfy0in59cx005gjvvzsflahav61h";
   };
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnumeric/issues/402
+    (fetchurl {
+      name = "math-gamma.patch";
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnumeric/uploads/cf8d162bc719de92e97d01cb0ba5b637/ppp";
+      sha256 = "17wiigs06qc86a1nghwcg3pcnpa28123jblgsxpy3j7drardgnlp";
+    });
+
   configureFlags = [ "--disable-component" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool bison itstool wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool bison itstool wrapGAppsHook ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin autoreconfHook;
 
   # ToDo: optional libgda, introspection?
   buildInputs = [