diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.2/default.nix
index 68a174cc5797..69cac159d4a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.2/default.nix
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       url = "mirror://gnu/gcc/gcc-${version}/gcc-fortran-${version}.tar.bz2";
       sha256 = "013yqiqhdavgxzjryvylgf3lcnknmw89fx41jf2v4899srn0bhkg";
     });
-    
+
   patches =
-    [./pass-cxxcpp.patch]
+    [./pass-cxxcpp.patch ./siginfo_t.patch]
     ++ optional noSysDirs [./no-sys-dirs.patch];
-    
+
   inherit noSysDirs profiledCompiler staticCompiler;
 
   buildInputs = [gmp mpfr texinfo];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.2/siginfo_t.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.2/siginfo_t.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfb9f9753728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.2/siginfo_t.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144949
+--- a/gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h	2011-01-03 20:52:22.000000000 +0000
++++ b/gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h	2012-07-06 12:23:51.562859470 +0100
+@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
+     {
+       struct rt_sigframe {
+ 	int sig;
+-	struct siginfo *pinfo;
++	siginfo_t *pinfo;
+ 	void *puc;
+-	struct siginfo info;
++	siginfo_t info;
+ 	struct ucontext uc;
+       } *rt_ = context->cfa;
+       /* The void * cast is necessary to avoid an aliasing warning.