diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix
index 287a2fca363..a96cbb56610 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
 , autoreconfHook, intltool
 , gtk, pkg-config, flex }:
 
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0q0hb62f266709ncyq96bpx4a40a1i6dc5869byvd7x285sx1c2w";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pul patch pending upstream inclusion for -fno-common toolchain support:
+    #   https://github.com/galculator/galculator/pull/45
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fno-common.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/galculator/galculator/commit/501a9e3feeb2e56889c0ff98ab6d0ab20348ccd6.patch";
+      sha256 = "08c9d2b49a1mizgk7v37dp8r96x389zc13mzv4dcy16x448lhp67";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook intltool pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk flex ];