diff --git a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
index 85ee3ddcf744..2f102b58f141 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0sf92knqkvqmfhrbz4vlsagzqlps72wycpmln5dygicg07a0a8q7";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./caps-fix.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./caps-fix.patch ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl (fetchpatch {
+      name = "padsp-fix.patch";
+      url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/plain/testing/pulseaudio/0001-padsp-Make-it-compile-on-musl.patch?id=167be02bf4618a90328e2b234f6a63a5dc05f244";
+      sha256 = "0gf4w25zi123ghk0njapysvrlljkc3hyanacgiswfnnm1i8sab1q";
+    });
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];