diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/boomerang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/boomerang/default.nix
index 4ac9159520fb..b37ab9a2d3f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/boomerang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/boomerang/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qtbase, capstone, bison, flex }:
+{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, qtbase, capstone, bison, flex }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "boomerang";
   version = "0.5.2";
+  # NOTE: When bumping version beyond 0.5.2, you likely need to remove
+  #       the cstdint.patch below. The patch does a fix that has already
+  #       been done upstream but is not yet part of a release
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BoomerangDecompiler";
@@ -13,6 +16,13 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake bison flex ];
   buildInputs = [ qtbase capstone ];
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "include-missing-cstdint.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/BoomerangDecompiler/boomerang/commit/3342b0eac6b7617d9913226c06c1470820593e74.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-941IydcV3mqj7AWvXTM6GePW5VgawEcL0wrBCXqeWvc=";
+    })
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/BoomerangDecompiler/boomerang";