diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsidplayfp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsidplayfp/default.nix
index 6e1319dda24f..50e6d8846f23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsidplayfp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsidplayfp/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , nix-update-script
 , autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
@@ -26,6 +27,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-Cu5mZzsqAO4X4Y8QAn851zIFPVPwxj5pB+jvA62L108=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fixes test failure on x86_64-darwin
+    # Drop when fix for https://github.com/libsidplayfp/libsidplayfp/issues/39 in a release (>2.3.1)
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/libsidplayfp/libsidplayfp/commit/337020a91caa0113de4f4374e0dc770e4056d2c7.patch";
+      sha256 = "0sd7bqic8k945f05d8sk9mshf5d90ykd7f5p6m0n6v3jjhpwmqlq";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
   '';