diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/breakpad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/breakpad/default.nix
index 7fb2b329667d..045e2e8f9a6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/breakpad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/breakpad/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -s ${lss} $sourceRoot/src/third_party/lss
   '';
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.cc \
+      --replace "max(16384" "max(static_cast<long>(16384)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An open-source multi-platform crash reporting system";
     homepage = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/breakpad";