diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/leveldb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/leveldb/default.nix
index ad7e406e72ba..c29a32327278 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/leveldb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/leveldb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fixDarwinDylibNames, snappy, cmake
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, fixDarwinDylibNames, snappy, cmake
 , static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-RL+dfSFZZzWvUobSqiPbuC4nDiGzjIIukbVJZRacHbI=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Re-enable RTTI. Needed for e.g. Ceph to compile properly.
+    # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/147801,
+    # https://github.com/google/leveldb/issues/731,
+    # https://lists.ceph.io/hyperkitty/list/dev@ceph.io/thread/K4OSAA4AJS2V7FQI6GNCKCK3IRQDBQRS/.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/leveldb/raw/e8178670c664e952fdd00f1fc6e3eb28b2c5b6a8/f/0006-revert-no-rtti.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-d2YAV8O+1VKu3WwgNsWw6Cxg5sUUR+xOlJtA7pTcigQ=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   buildInputs = [ snappy ];