diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uamqp/clang-fix-incompatible-function-pointer-conversion.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uamqp/clang-fix-incompatible-function-pointer-conversion.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed177797da0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uamqp/clang-fix-incompatible-function-pointer-conversion.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/message_receiver.pyx b/src/message_receiver.pyx
+index b99647c..479cc9c 100644
+--- a/src/message_receiver.pyx
++++ b/src/message_receiver.pyx
+@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ cdef class cMessageReceiver(StructBase):
+ 
+ #### Callbacks (context is a MessageReceiver instance)
+ 
+-cdef void on_message_receiver_state_changed(void* context, c_message_receiver.MESSAGE_RECEIVER_STATE_TAG new_state, c_message_receiver.MESSAGE_RECEIVER_STATE_TAG previous_state):
++cdef void on_message_receiver_state_changed(const void* context, c_message_receiver.MESSAGE_RECEIVER_STATE_TAG new_state, c_message_receiver.MESSAGE_RECEIVER_STATE_TAG previous_state):
+     if context != NULL:
+         context_pyobj = <PyObject*>context
+         if context_pyobj.ob_refcnt == 0: # context is being garbage collected, skip the callback
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uamqp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uamqp/default.nix
index 207ad3d43727..c306068f7fdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uamqp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uamqp/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   patches = lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64) [
     ./darwin-azure-c-shared-utility-corefoundation.patch
+  ] ++ [
+    # Fix incompatible function pointer conversion error with clang 16.
+    ./clang-fix-incompatible-function-pointer-conversion.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && !stdenv.isx86_64) ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/base.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/base.nix
index 572ec28c0750..ea572104238c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/base.nix
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@ finalAttrs: {
     "--with-charset=utf8"
   ];
 
+  # mecab uses several features that have been removed in C++17.
+  # Force the language mode to C++14, so that it can compile with clang 16.
+  makeFlags = [ "CXXFLAGS=-std=c++14" ];
+
   doCheck = true;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
index c8a775e64459..d20b3692f31c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
@@ -14,16 +14,24 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     # gcc-11 compat upstream patch
     (fetchpatch {
-      url = "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/src-highlite.git/patch/?id=904949c9026cb772dc93fbe0947a252ef47127f4";
-      sha256 = "1wnj0jmkmrwjww7qk9dvfxh8h06jdn7mi8v2fvwh95b6x87z5l47";
+      url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/src-highlite.git/patch/?id=904949c9026cb772dc93fbe0947a252ef47127f4";
+      hash = "sha256-h9DyD+pmlQT5dmKjWI9t0gCIYHe7pYkP55LnOqsE0vI=";
       excludes = [ "ChangeLog" ];
     })
 
     # Upstream fix for clang-13 and gcc-12 test support
     (fetchpatch {
       name = "gcc-12.patch";
-      url = "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/src-highlite.git/patch/?id=ab9fe5cb9b85c5afab94f2a7f4b6d7d473c14ee9";
-      sha256 = "1v33zd2766k7cdgmajw2lffw9wd7v4f8z01f40z53f6bp608nr62";
+      url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/src-highlite.git/patch/?id=ab9fe5cb9b85c5afab94f2a7f4b6d7d473c14ee9";
+      hash = "sha256-wmSLgLnLuFE+IC6AjxzZp/HEnaOCS1VfY2cac0T7Y+w=";
+    })
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [
+    # Adds compatibility with C++17 by removing the `register` storage class specifier.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "remove-register-keyword";
+      url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/src-highlite.git/patch/?id=416b39758dba2c74515584514a959ad1b0ad50d1";
+      hash = "sha256-R5A7IGHhU82EqceMCsuNBanhRz4dFVqiaH8637dr7jw=";
+      includes = [ "lib/*" ];
     })
   ];