diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-utilities/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-utilities/default.nix
index c3cc9d84aa45..93ee2ddc7046 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-utilities/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-utilities/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, cppunit }:
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, cmake
+, cppunit
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cpp-utilities";
@@ -10,6 +15,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "0cghk1a0ki1063ci63imakmggwzkky1hx6lhrvc0wjfv754wsklb";
   };
+  # See https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities/issues/18
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities/commit/b2a2773cdfb2b0017a3fa3d0ed2259a9a5fda666.patch";
+      sha256 = "01js90ba4xxljifncm48zbxmg7mwwz1gla1hn87yzbic47d85hfj";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities/commit/4dd2179f191d1ace113f26177944684fa1561dc1.patch";
+      sha256 = "0chw33mwsvj7cigd1c4xl2zhpbfsp5rrijdm46qpn78bq70xcz9j";
+    })
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   checkInputs = [ cppunit ];