diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.02.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.02.1.nix
index 6f4cce522e46..d70fe3384e03 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.02.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.02.1.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ assert useX11 -> !stdenv.isArm && !stdenv.isMips;
 let
    useNativeCompilers = !stdenv.isMips;
    inherit (stdenv.lib) optionals optionalString;
+   patchOcamlBuild = fetchurl {
+     url = https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/117.patch;
+     sha256 = "0x2cdn2sgzq29qzqg5y2ial0jqy8gjg5a7jf8qqch55dc4vkyjw0";
+   };
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -24,6 +28,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1p7lqvh64xpykh99014mz21q8fs3qyjym2qazhhbq8scwldv1i38";
   };
 
+  patches = [ patchOcamlBuild ];
+
   prefixKey = "-prefix ";
   configureFlags = optionals useX11 [ "-x11lib" x11lib
                                       "-x11include" x11inc ];