diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix
index 3b09f0172cdb..190cc6f0d297 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 , python27
 , libpng ? null
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , autoreconfHook
 , gtk-doc
 , gobject-introspection
@@ -38,6 +39,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # autogen.sh should not run configure
+    # https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/1566
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/97a92e0e6abab652fdf99313b138bfd77d70deb4.patch";
+      sha256 = "0w1sm5wmvfp8svdpk8mz57c1n6zzy3snq0g2f8yxjamv0d2gw2dp";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkgconfig
     autoreconfHook
@@ -63,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ApplicationServices;
 
   autoreconfPhase = ''
-    ./autogen.sh
+    NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {