diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/pforth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/pforth/default.nix
index c13d28c6a3bb..ce228c2f1cb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/pforth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/pforth/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   version = "28";
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0k3pmcgybsnwrxy75piyb2420r8d4ij190606js32j99062glr3x";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "gnumake-4.3-fix.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/philburk/pforth/commit/457cb99f57292bc855e53abcdcb7b12d6681e847.patch";
+      sha256 = "0x1bwx3pqb09ddjhmdli47lnk1ys4ny42819g17kfn8nkjs5hbx7";
+    })
+  ];
+
   makeFlags = [ "SRCDIR=." ];
   makefile = "build/unix/Makefile";