diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/c++17-register-class.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/c++17-register-class.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88251b34f773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/c++17-register-class.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -ur a/libdjvu/GBitmap.h b/libdjvu/GBitmap.h
+--- a/libdjvu/GBitmap.h	2020-11-20 09:57:32.000000000 -0700
++++ b/libdjvu/GBitmap.h	2023-07-07 07:07:45.519912414 -0600
+@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
+ inline int
+ GBitmap::read_run(unsigned char *&data)
+ {
+-  register int z=*data++;
++  int z=*data++;
+   return (z>=RUNOVERFLOWVALUE)?
+     ((z&~RUNOVERFLOWVALUE)<<8)|(*data++):z;
+ }
+@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
+ inline int
+ GBitmap::read_run(const unsigned char *&data)
+ {
+-  register int z=*data++;
++  int z=*data++;
+   return (z>=RUNOVERFLOWVALUE)?
+     ((z&~RUNOVERFLOWVALUE)<<8)|(*data++):z;
+ }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
index ad85c9c79d1d..65591c8d8254 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     bash
   ];
 
+  # Remove uses of the `register` storage class specifier, which was removed in C++17.
+  # Fixes compilation with clang 16, which defaults to C++17.
+  patches = [ ./c++17-register-class.patch ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {