diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix
index 5566b1f4f0e2..12f7b176bb7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cmocka
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # CVE-2019-3824
+    # downloading the patch from debian as they have ported the patch from samba to ldb but otherwise is identical to
+    # https://bugzilla.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=14857
+    (fetchurl {
+      name = "CVE-2019-3824.patch";
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/l/ldb/2:1.1.27-1+deb9u1/debian/patches/CVE-2019-3824-master-v4-5-02.patch";
+      sha256 = "1idnqckvjh18rh9sbq90rr4sxfviha9nd1ca9pd6lai0y6r6q4yd";
+    })
+  ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -i 's,#!/usr/bin/env python,#!${python}/bin/python,g' buildtools/bin/waf
   '';