diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ka/kakasi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ka/kakasi/package.nix
index af749f436f29..cd7b803ced09 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ka/kakasi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ka/kakasi/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
+  fetchpatch,
+  autoreconfHook,
   libiconv,
 }:
 
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kakasi";
   version = "2.3.6";
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ libiconv ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -28,6 +31,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1qry3xqb83pjgxp3my8b1sy77z4f0893h73ldrvdaky70cdppr9f";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kakasi/raw/4756771/f/kakasi-configure-c99.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-XPIp/+AR6K84lv606aRHPQwia/1K3rt/7KSo0V0ZQ5o=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     for a in tests/kakasi-* ; do
       substituteInPlace $a \