diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/is/isc-cron/0000-nixpkgs-specific.diff b/pkgs/by-name/is/isc-cron/0000-nixpkgs-specific.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bf0a9bd6177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/is/isc-cron/0000-nixpkgs-specific.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff -Naur cron-old/externs.h cron-new/externs.h
+--- cron-old/externs.h	2024-08-23 09:04:25.525752797 -0300
++++ cron-new/externs.h	2024-08-23 10:12:05.304311078 -0300
+@@ -121,3 +121,14 @@
+ #ifndef WCOREDUMP
+ # define WCOREDUMP(st)          (((st) & 0200) != 0)
+ #endif
++
++/* Nixpkgs-specific patch begin */
++
++/*
++  Implicit saved UIDs do not work here due to way NixOS uses setuid wrappers
++  See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16518
++ */
++
++#undef HAVE_SAVED_UIDS
++
++/* Nixpkgs-specific patch end */
+diff -Naur cron-old/pathnames.h cron-new/pathnames.h
+--- cron-old/pathnames.h	2024-08-23 09:04:25.524752791 -0300
++++ cron-new/pathnames.h	2024-08-23 10:11:33.186749198 -0300
+@@ -105,4 +105,23 @@
+ # define _PATH_DEVNULL "/dev/null"
+ #endif
+ 
++/* Nixpkgs-specific patch begin */
++
++/*
++  We want to ignore the $glibc/include/paths.h definition of sendmail path.
++  Further, set a usable default PATH
++  See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16518
++ */
++
++#undef _PATH_SENDMAIL
++#define _PATH_SENDMAIL "@sendmailPath@"
++
++#undef _PATH_VI
++#define _PATH_VI "@VIPATH@"
++
++#undef _PATH_DEFPATH
++#define _PATH_DEFPATH "@DEFPATH@"
++
++/* Nixpkgs-specific patch end */
++
+ #endif /* _PATHNAMES_H_ */
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/is/isc-cron/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/is/isc-cron/package.nix
index 8f8421781e36..b52086fca473 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/is/isc-cron/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/is/isc-cron/package.nix
@@ -1,49 +1,71 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, vim, sendmailPath ? "/usr/sbin/sendmail"}:
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchurl,
+  stdenv,
+  substituteAll,
+  vim,
+  sendmailPath ? "/usr/sbin/sendmail",
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "cron";
   version = "4.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/cron_${version}.shar";
-    sha256 = "16n3dras4b1jh7g958nz1k54pl9pg5fwb3fvjln8z67varvq6if4";
+    url = "ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/cron_${finalAttrs.version}.shar";
+    hash = "sha256-xEWDd1b7mI8slduNxV15N9FLygzfopLegTIsolVuw5o=";
   };
 
-  unpackCmd = "(mkdir cron && cd cron && sh $curSrc)";
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./0000-nixpkgs-specific.diff;
+      inherit sendmailPath;
+      VIPATH = lib.getExe' vim "vim";
+      DEFPATH = lib.concatStringsSep ":" [
+        "/run/wrappers/bin"
+        "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin"
+        "/run/current-system/sw/bin"
+        "/usr/bin"
+        "/bin"
+      ];
+    })
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
+    "DESTROOT=$(out)"
+  ];
 
   hardeningEnable = [ "pie" ];
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    # do not set sticky bit in /nix/store
-    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace ' -o root' ' ' --replace 111 755 --replace 4755 0755
-    # do not strip during install, broken on cross and we'll do ourselves as needed
-    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace ' -s cron' ' cron'
-    makeFlags="DESTROOT=$out CC=$CC"
-
-    # We want to ignore the $glibc/include/paths.h definition of
-    # sendmail path.
-    # Also set a usable default PATH (#16518).
-    cat >> pathnames.h <<__EOT__
-    #undef _PATH_SENDMAIL
-    #define _PATH_SENDMAIL "${sendmailPath}"
-
-    #undef _PATH_VI
-    #define _PATH_VI "${vim}/bin/vim"
-
-    #undef _PATH_DEFPATH
-    #define _PATH_DEFPATH "/run/wrappers/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
-    __EOT__
-
-    # Implicit saved uids do not work here due to way NixOS uses setuid wrappers
-    # (#16518).
-    echo "#undef HAVE_SAVED_UIDS" >> externs.h
+  unpackCmd = ''
+    mkdir cron
+    pushd cron
+    sh $curSrc
+    popd
   '';
 
-  preInstall = "mkdir -p $out/bin $out/sbin $out/share/man/man1 $out/share/man/man5 $out/share/man/man8";
+  # do not set sticky bit in /nix/store
+  # further, do not strip during install since it breaks on cross-compilation
+  # and we will do this ourselves as needed
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace ' -o root' ' ' \
+      --replace 111 755 \
+      --replace 4755 0755 \
+      --replace ' -s cron' ' cron'
+  '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Daemon for running commands at specific times (Vixie Cron)";
-    license = licenses.bsd0;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{{,s}bin,share/man/man{1,5,8}}
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/";
+    description = "Daemon for running commands at specific times";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd0;
+    mainProgram = "cron";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-}
+})