diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
index 1edcc933e575..33914eea3d6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     make oldconfig
   '';
 
+  patches = [ ./unifdef-getline.patch ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out
     make PREFIX=$out install
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/unifdef-getline.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/unifdef-getline.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e6a50014a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/unifdef-getline.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git a/extra/scripts/unifdef.c b/extra/scripts/unifdef.c
+index 552025e..977e682 100644
+--- a/extra/scripts/unifdef.c
++++ b/extra/scripts/unifdef.c
+@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void             done(void);
+ static void             error(const char *);
+ static int              findsym(const char *);
+ static void             flushline(bool);
+-static Linetype         getline(void);
++static Linetype         parseline(void);
+ static Linetype         ifeval(const char **);
+ static void             ignoreoff(void);
+ static void             ignoreon(void);
+@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ process(void)
+ 
+ 	for (;;) {
+ 		linenum++;
+-		lineval = getline();
++		lineval = parseline();
+ 		trans_table[ifstate[depth]][lineval]();
+ 		debug("process %s -> %s depth %d",
+ 		    linetype_name[lineval],
+@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ process(void)
+  * help from skipcomment().
+  */
+ static Linetype
+-getline(void)
++parseline(void)
+ {
+ 	const char *cp;
+ 	int cursym;