diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/macos-fix.patch b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/macos-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff6ef95846c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/macos-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -Naru i/joe/tty.c w/joe/tty.c
+--- ./joe/tty.c	2018-01-10 17:28:34
++++ ../joe-i-4.6/joe/tty.c	2024-10-02 14:08:22
+@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
+  *	This file is part of JOE (Joe's Own Editor)
+  */
+ #include "types.h"
++#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
++#include <util.h>
++#endif
+ 
+ /* Needed for TIOCGWINSZ detection below */
+ #ifdef GWINSZ_IN_SYS_IOCTL
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/package.nix
index 9059fe69bdce..245f8b13ea19 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1pmr598xxxm9j9dl93kq4dv36zyw0q2dh6d7x07hf134y9hhlnj9";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./macos-fix.patch ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Full featured terminal-based screen editor";
     longDescription = ''