diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix
index 53d67ab628d0..081e5686aa98 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libGL
   ];
 
+  patches = [ ./pointer-fix.patch ];
+
   installFlags = [ "bindir=\${out}/bin" ];
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/pointer-fix.patch b/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/pointer-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0dece3c2039e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/pointer-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/obj.c b/src/obj.c
+index 66d528b..ab08a4f 100644
+--- a/src/obj.c
++++ b/src/obj.c
+@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static short intnpar(char *line, int mode, struct face *face) {
+  */
+ #define ALLOC_MORE 100
+ GLuint obj_load(Obj *object, const char *obj_file) {
+-  gzFile *gzp = NULL;
++  gzFile gzp = NULL;
+   char line[1024], command[1024];
+ 
+   char filename_mtl[256] = "\0";