diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pstoedit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pstoedit/default.nix
index 623415a314b5..4f3e5271183d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pstoedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pstoedit/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "147jkgvm9n6mbkl6ndqnm9x74x5y9agbxkfwj0jrw6yxyhxx2cdd";
   };
 
+  #
+  # Turn on "-rdb" option (REALLYDELAYBIND) by default to ensure compatibility with gs-9.22
+  #
+  patches = [ ./pstoedit-gs-9.22-compat.patch  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ zlib ghostscript imagemagick plotutils gd libjpeg libwebp ]
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pstoedit/pstoedit-gs-9.22-compat.patch b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pstoedit/pstoedit-gs-9.22-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64fe805d5015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pstoedit/pstoedit-gs-9.22-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/pstoeditoptions.h b/src/pstoeditoptions.h
+index 7846883..0fb6a6f 100755
+--- a/src/pstoeditoptions.h
++++ b/src/pstoeditoptions.h
+@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ private:
+ 		"Later versions of Ghostscript will probably support -dDELAYBIND again. "
+ 		"But also in that case the security risk remains. So be careful with what "
+ 		"files you process with pstoedit and Ghostscript.",
+-		false),	//
++		true),	//
+ #endif
+ 	pagetoextract		(true, "-page","page number",g_t,"extract a specific page: 0 means all pages",
+ 		"Select a single page from a multi-page PostScript or PDF file.",