diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/core.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/core.nix
index ef5279613d09..d4a5b79b7fb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/core.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       # directories to be overriden through $COMPIZ_PLUGINDIR and
       # $COMPIZ_METADATADIR, respectively.
       ./plugindir-core.patch
+
+      # Fix compilation with recent GTK versions.
+      ./gdk-deprecated.patch
     ];
 
   buildInputs =
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/gdk-deprecated.patch b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/gdk-deprecated.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d80a5514ee9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/gdk-deprecated.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -ru -x '*~' compiz-0.8.6-orig//gtk/window-decorator/gtk-window-decorator.c compiz-0.8.6//gtk/window-decorator/gtk-window-decorator.c
+--- compiz-0.8.6-orig//gtk/window-decorator/gtk-window-decorator.c	2010-03-28 14:15:35.000000000 +0200
++++ compiz-0.8.6//gtk/window-decorator/gtk-window-decorator.c	2011-03-14 11:00:00.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
+ #include <X11/extensions/Xrender.h>
+ #include <X11/Xregion.h>
+ 
+-#ifndef GDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+-#define GDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+-#endif
+-
+ #ifndef GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+ #define GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+ #endif