diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kssd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kssd/default.nix
index 2da7f627cb40..34d997252f5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kssd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kssd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, zlib, automake, autoconf, libtool }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, zlib, automake, autoconf, libtool }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kssd";
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-8jzYqo9LXF66pQ1EIusm+gba2VbTYpJz2K3NVlA3QxY=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream patch for -fno-common toolchain support:
+    #   https://github.com/yhg926/public_kssd/pull/9
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fno-common.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/yhg926/public_kssd/commit/cdd1e8aae256146f5913a3b4c723b638d53bdf27.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-HhaTRqPfKR+ouh0PwEH6u22pbuqbX2OypRzw8BXm0W4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake ];
   buildInputs = [ zlib libtool ];