diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
index 376593eefb8b..a755cecc60b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python3, substituteAll }:
+{ stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python3, substituteAll }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wabt";
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  # https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/pull/1408
+  patches = [ (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/pull/1408/commits/9115d0c55067435ec9c55924e8a2bb151bac095d.patch";
+    sha256 = "1iklbz630vih08brsgq2d5q91kialg255sgd1mxl7023pvrhi44g";
+  }) ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION=${version}" ];
   buildInputs = [ python3 ];