diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/0.29.6-darwin-fix-configure.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/0.29.6-darwin-fix-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87222a9c0ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/0.29.6-darwin-fix-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Nuar neon-0.29.6/configure neon-0.29.6-darwin-fix-configure/configure
+--- neon-0.29.6/configure	2011-05-03 14:25:31.000000000 +0200
++++ neon-0.29.6-darwin-fix-configure/configure	2012-06-06 23:32:21.000000000 +0200
+@@ -4184,7 +4184,7 @@
+ $as_echo "$ne_cv_os_uname" >&6; }
+ 
+ if test "$ne_cv_os_uname" = "Darwin"; then
+-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -no-cpp-precomp"
++  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -flat_namespace"
+   # poll has various issues in various Darwin releases
+   if test x${ac_cv_func_poll+set} != xset; then
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/0.29.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/0.29.nix
index 8666f6233a93..ffc409d271e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/0.29.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/0.29.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ assert compressionSupport -> zlib != null;
 assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
 assert static || shared;
 
+let
+   inherit (stdenv.lib) optionals;
+in
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "neon-0.29.6";
 
@@ -17,6 +21,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0hzbjqdx1z8zw0vmbknf159wjsxbcq8ii0wgwkqhxj3dimr0nr4w";
   };
 
+  patches = optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./0.29.6-darwin-fix-configure.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [libxml2 pkgconfig openssl]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional compressionSupport zlib;