diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix
index d0a3b20e5038..3b2cb9a57ac8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, zlib, sqlite, gmp, libffi, cairo,
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, zlib, sqlite, gmp, libffi, cairo,
   ncurses, freetype, libGLU, libGL, libpng, libtiff, libjpeg, readline, libsndfile,
   libxml2, freeglut, libsamplerate, pcre, libevent, libedit, yajl,
   python3, openssl, glfw, pkg-config, libpthreadstubs, libXdmcp, libmemcached
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0ll2kd72zy8vf29sy0nnx3awk7nywpwpv21rvninjjaqkygrc0qw";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "check-for-sysctl-h.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/IoLanguage/io/pull/446/commits/9f3e4d87b6d4c1bf583134d55d1cf92d3464c49f.patch";
+      sha256 = "9f06073ac17f26c2ef6298143bdd1babe7783c228f9667622aa6c91bb7ec7fa0";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];