diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
index 3a5c9e2e76fd..c5f61e7d25c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # we accept this fact because xcode_locator is only a short-lived process used during the build.
     ./no-arc.patch
 
+    ./gcc11.patch
+
     # --experimental_strict_action_env (which may one day become the default
     # see bazelbuild/bazel#2574) hardcodes the default
     # action environment to a non hermetic value (e.g. "/usr/local/bin").
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/gcc11.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/gcc11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..450bcd114776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/gcc11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/third_party/ijar/mapped_file_unix.cc b/third_party/ijar/mapped_file_unix.cc
+index 6e3a908..030e9ca 100644
+--- a/third_party/ijar/mapped_file_unix.cc
++++ b/third_party/ijar/mapped_file_unix.cc
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ #include <sys/mman.h>
+ 
+ #include <algorithm>
++#include <limits>
+ 
+ #include "third_party/ijar/mapped_file.h"
+ 
+diff --git a/third_party/ijar/zlib_client.h b/third_party/ijar/zlib_client.h
+index ed66163..c4b051e 100644
+--- a/third_party/ijar/zlib_client.h
++++ b/third_party/ijar/zlib_client.h
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ #define THIRD_PARTY_IJAR_ZLIB_CLIENT_H_
+ 
+ #include <limits.h>
++#include <limits>
+ 
+ #include "third_party/ijar/common.h"
+