diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix
index 37d83ff5b2b..fdccb4d0933 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch2
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "popt";
@@ -12,6 +16,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isCygwin [
     ./1.16-cygwin.patch
     ./1.16-vpath.patch
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW [
+    # Do not require <sys/ioctl.h>
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/get-w32-console-maxcols.mingw32.patch?h=mingw-w64-popt&id=63f2cdb0de116362c49681cef20f7a8b4355e85a";
+      sha256 = "zv43l1RBqNzT/JG+jQaMVFaFv+ZYPuIiAtKUDzJJBbc=";
+      stripLen = 1;
+      extraPrefix = "src/";
+    })
+
+    # Do not try to detect setuid, it is not a thing.
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/rpm-software-management/popt/commit/905544c5d9767894edaf71a1e3ce5126944c5695.patch";
+      sha256 = "3PmcxeiEZ/Hof0zoVFSytEXvQ8gE8Sp5UdagExPVICU=";
+      stripLen = 1;
+      extraPrefix = "src/";
+      revert = true;
+    })
   ];
 
   doCheck = false; # fails