diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nt/ntp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nt/ntp/package.nix
index a7123dff7a11..2d97a87c33b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nt/ntp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nt/ntp/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   fetchurl,
+  autoreconfHook,
   openssl,
   perl,
   pps-tools,
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-z4TF8/saKVKElCYk2CP/+mNBROCWz8T5lprJjvX0aOU=";
   };
 
+  # fix for gcc-14 compile failure
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace sntp/m4/openldap-thread-check.m4 \
+      --replace-fail "pthread_detach(NULL)" "pthread_detach(pthread_self())"
+  '';
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
@@ -26,6 +33,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-yielding-select=yes"
   ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux "--enable-linuxcaps";
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
   buildInputs =
     [
       openssl