diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/apvlv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/apvlv/default.nix
index f1d84a919724..b6ec5310072c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/apvlv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/apvlv/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/naihe2010/apvlv/commit/4c7a583e8431964def482e5471f02e6de8e62a7b.patch";
       sha256 = "1dszm120lwm90hcg5zmd4vr6pjyaxc84qmb7k0fr59mmb3qif62j";
     })
+    # fix build with gcc7
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/naihe2010/apvlv/commit/a3a895772a27d76dab0c37643f0f4c73f9970e62.patch";
+      sha256 = "1fpc7wr1ajilvwi5gjsy5g9jcx4bl03gp5dmajg90ljqbhwz2bfi";
+    })
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''