diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/17.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/17.nix
index 41af0d72246..e9408ba341b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/17.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ let
         url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/java-openjdk/raw/06c001c7d87f2e9fe4fedeef2d993bcd5d7afa2a/f/rh1673833-remove_removal_of_wformat_during_test_compilation.patch";
         sha256 = "082lmc30x64x583vqq00c8y0wqih3y4r0mp1c4bqq36l22qv6b6r";
       })
+
+      # Patch borrowed from Alpine to fix build errors with musl libc and recent gcc.
+      # This is applied anywhere to prevent patchrot.
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/community/openjdk17/FixNullPtrCast.patch?id=6f97cb0ae4dff6588dae5868c2522aea96c99d2c";
+        sha256 = "sha256-giOmMInwLH0Ei9H7ETsrrzQU09I6+dn8KpPrKb7zn8I=";
+      })
     ] ++ lib.optionals (!headless && enableGnome2) [
       ./swing-use-gtk-jdk13.patch
     ];