diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bd/bdfresize/fix-configure.patch b/pkgs/by-name/bd/bdfresize/fix-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e3d68919fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bd/bdfresize/fix-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
+ #line 905 "configure"
+ #include "confdefs.h"
+
+-main(){return(0);}
++int main(){return(0);}
+ EOF
+ if { (eval echo configure:910: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+   ac_cv_prog_cc_works=yes
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bd/bdfresize/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bd/bdfresize/package.nix
index e6ac782a44ff..d35340030f5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bd/bdfresize/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bd/bdfresize/package.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchzip,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bdfresize";
   version = "1.5";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
+  src = fetchzip {
     url = "http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/dist/tools/bdfresize/bdfresize-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-RAz8BiCgI35GNSwUoHdMqj8wWXWbCiDe/vyU6EkIl6Y=";
+    hash = "sha256-C4ZLJIn6vVeVUCpNwMu0vdfQQ3qUz4EVIcPob9NejP0=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./remove-malloc-declaration.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-configure.patch
+    ./remove-malloc-declaration.patch
+  ];
+
+  # Fix compilation of getopt; see getopt package for more details
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-D__GNU_LIBRARY__";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to resize BDF fonts";