diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
index 142dd064e0f9..4eceef0b2bf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "numactl";
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-ry29RUNa0Hv5gIhy2RTVT94mHhgfdIwb5aqjBycxxj0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix for memory corruption in set_nodemask_size
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/numactl/numactl/commit/f9deba0c8404529772468d6dd01389f7dbfa5ba9.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-TmWfD99YaSIHA5PSsWHE91GSsdsVgVU+qIow7LOwOGw=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];