diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix
index 979974d6a46a..b0469c5eaf79 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , coreutils
 
 , perl
@@ -30,6 +31,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-4cby19BjgnmWf7klK1sBgtZnyvo7q3L1uyVPlVoS+uk=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Backport build fix for musl libc 1.2.5
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/openSUSE/multipath-tools/commit/e5004de8296cd596aeeac0a61b901e98cf7a69d2.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-ZvNFVphB9f+S/XMxktR6P/YYSTLeJXEsj4XrAnw6GUI=";
+      excludes = ["tests/util.c"];
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace create-config.mk \
       --replace /bin/echo ${coreutils}/bin/echo