diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix
index bdc7a06b9503..12ebaf4a7500 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   popt,
   mandoc,
+  fetchpatch,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   buildInputs = [ popt ];
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix build with glibc-2.44
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/rhboot/efivar/commit/f521cd7f584c95d8308659ab9d89d750e2bd76da.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-I19UIS0tNTsEipuoMQPlTEwih1RrYPz9Q4Wy98u1z0Q=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   makeFlags = [
     "prefix=$(out)"
     "libdir=$(out)/lib"