diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/spdk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sp/spdk/package.nix
index 7a3e57071253..58cd81ccdbce 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sp/spdk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sp/spdk/package.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
+
+    # can be removed again with next release, check is already in master
+    substituteInPlace module/scheduler/dpdk_governor/dpdk_governor.c \
+      --replace-fail "<rte_power.h>" " <rte_power_cpufreq.h>"
   '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;