diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 4be263a05555..dad179627a4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/strace-4.5.14.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "09bcd5d00ece28f8154dec11cadfce3c";
   };
+
+  patches = [./fixes.patch];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/fixes.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9213d3c0a100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff -rc strace-4.5.14-orig/strace.c strace-4.5.14/strace.c
+*** strace-4.5.14-orig/strace.c	2006-10-30 16:27:17.000000000 +0100
+--- strace-4.5.14/strace.c	2006-10-30 16:27:27.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 2251,2257 ****
+  			if (!cflag
+  			    && (qual_flags[WSTOPSIG(status)] & QUAL_SIGNAL)) {
+  				unsigned long addr = 0, pc = 0;
+! #ifdef PT_GETSIGINFO
+  #				define PSR_RI	41
+  				struct siginfo si;
+  				unsigned long psr;
+--- 2251,2257 ----
+  			if (!cflag
+  			    && (qual_flags[WSTOPSIG(status)] & QUAL_SIGNAL)) {
+  				unsigned long addr = 0, pc = 0;
+! #ifdef PT_CR_IPSR
+  #				define PSR_RI	41
+  				struct siginfo si;
+  				unsigned long psr;
+diff -rc strace-4.5.14-orig/system.c strace-4.5.14/system.c
+*** strace-4.5.14-orig/system.c	2006-01-12 22:21:06.000000000 +0100
+--- strace-4.5.14/system.c	2006-10-30 16:31:46.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 1578,1584 ****
+  	{ CTL_KERN, "CTL_KERN" },
+  	{ CTL_VM, "CTL_VM" },
+  	{ CTL_NET, "CTL_NET" },
+- 	{ CTL_PROC, "CTL_PROC" },
+  	{ CTL_FS, "CTL_FS" },
+  	{ CTL_DEBUG, "CTL_DEBUG" },
+  	{ CTL_DEV, "CTL_DEV" },
+--- 1578,1583 ----
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index 68cfed95b5fe..6d3c1f08e30e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ let {
     screen
     sdf
     spidermonkey
-#    strace
+    strace
     strategoxt
     strategoxtUtils
     subversion