diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/octopus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/octopus/default.nix
index 95912d3a7c32..659b1e97f200 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/octopus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/octopus/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, boost, gmp, htslib, zlib, xz, pkg-config}:
+{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, boost, gmp, htslib, zlib, xz, pkg-config}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "octopus";
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ boost gmp htslib zlib xz ];
 
+  patches = [ (fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/luntergroup/octopus/commit/17a597d192bcd5192689bf38c5836a98b824867a.patch";
+    sha256 = "sha256-VaUr63v7mzhh4VBghH7a7qrqOYwl6vucmmKzTi9yAjY=";
+  }) ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir $out/bin
     mv $out/octopus $out/bin