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+{ stdenv, version, src
+, autoreconfHook, zlib, gtest
+, ...
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "protobuf-${version}";
+
+  inherit src;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm -rf gtest
+    cp -r ${gtest.src}/googletest gtest
+    chmod -R a+w gtest
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace src/google/protobuf/testing/googletest.cc \
+      --replace 'tmpnam(b)' '"'$TMPDIR'/foo"'
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "lib" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  # The generated C++ code uses static initializers which mutate a global data
+  # structure. This causes problems for an executable when:
+  #
+  # 1) it dynamically links to two libs, both of which contain generated C++ for
+  #    the same proto file, and
+  # 2) the two aforementioned libs both dynamically link to libprotobuf.
+  #
+  # One solution is to statically link libprotobuf, that way the global
+  # variables are not shared; in fact, this is necessary for the python Mesos
+  # binding to not crash, as the python lib contains two C extensions which
+  # both refer to the same proto schema.
+  #
+  # See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/19064#issuecomment-255082684
+  #      https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/1489
+  dontDisableStatic = true;
+  configureFlags = [
+    "CFLAGS=-fPIC"
+    "CXXFLAGS=-fPIC"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format";
+    longDescription =
+      '' Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an
+         efficient yet extensible format.  Google uses Protocol Buffers for
+         almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.
+      '';
+    license = "mBSD";
+    homepage = https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+
+  passthru.version = version;
+}