diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
index 98b75cd22d05..24063216db04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gmp, bison, perl, ncurses, readline, coreutils, pkgconfig
 , lib
+, fetchpatch
 , autoreconfHook
 , file
 , flint
@@ -36,6 +37,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    # NTL error handler was introduced in the library part, preventing users of
+    # the library from implementing their own error handling
+    # https://www.singular.uni-kl.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2769
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "move_error_handler_out_of_libsingular.patch";
+      # rebased version of https://github.com/Singular/Sources/commit/502cf86d0bb2a96715be6764774b64a69c1ca34c.patch
+      url = "https://git.sagemath.org/sage.git/plain/build/pkgs/singular/patches/singular-ntl-error-handler.patch?h=50b9ae2fd233c30860e1cbb3e63a26f2cc10560a";
+      sha256 = "0vgh4m9zn1kjl0br68n04j4nmn5i1igfn28cph0chnwf7dvr9194";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # For reference (last checked on commit 75f460d):
   # https://github.com/Singular/Sources/blob/spielwiese/doc/Building-Singular-from-source.md
   # https://github.com/Singular/Sources/blob/spielwiese/doc/external-packages-dynamic-modules.md