1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index 1c8644b18899..3233baea8f40 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ (stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ mesa libX11 ])
     ;
 
+  # REMOVE ON VERSION BUMP
+  # Needed for Octave-4.2.1 on darwin. See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50234
+  prePatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    sed 's/inline file_stat::~file_stat () { }/file_stat::~file_stat () { }/' -i ./liboctave/system/file-stat.cc
+  '';
+
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;