diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix
index b92691cb6119..733cab7a3ed1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "176c7f023mb6b8bfmv4rfqnrlw88lsg422ca74zjh19i2h5s69sq";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./isnan.patch ];
+
   buildCommand = ''
     . $stdenv/setup
     tar xvfz $src
     (
+    cd lp_solve*
+    eval patchPhase
+    )
+    (
     cd lp_solve*/lpsolve55
     bash ccc
     mkdir -pv $out/lib
@@ -37,7 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ smironov ];
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    broken      = true;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/isnan.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/isnan.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc1983d4423d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/isnan.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -u a/lp_lib.h b/lp_lib.h
+--- a/lp_lib.h	2016-05-04 19:45:15.753143720 +0900
++++ b/lp_lib.h	2016-05-04 19:53:59.536920722 +0900
+@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
+ # if defined _WIN32 && !defined __GNUC__
+ #  define isnan _isnan
+ # endif
+-#if defined NOISNAN
+-# define isnan(x) FALSE
+-#endif
+ 
+ #define SETMASK(variable, mask)     variable |= mask
+ #define CLEARMASK(variable, mask)   variable &= ~(mask)