diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index e27d17e5ee91..bdbd6b4ebe78 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ rec {
       cpio tcl tk makeWrapper subversion;
     svnSupport = getConfig ["git" "svnSupport"] false; # for git-svn support
     guiSupport = getConfig ["git" "guiSupport"] false;
+    gitkGlobSupport = getConfig ["git" "gitkGlobSupport"] false;
     perlLibs = [perlPackages.LWP perlPackages.URI perlPackages.TermReadKey subversion];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index a93e9b006a97..6a2393f39497 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , libxslt, tcl, tk, makeWrapper
 , svnSupport, subversion, perlLibs
 , guiSupport
+, gitkGlobSupport
 }:
 
 # `git-svn' support requires Subversion and various Perl libraries.
@@ -16,7 +17,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "fc7e4d6c4172c62c93d5e974019f7193b03c8bc0a1c6f3a9fcc1d0928b808d7a";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ]
+      ++ # adds possibility to highlight all changes to files matching a glob pattern
+          stdenv.lib.optional (guiSupport && gitkGlobSupport) (fetchurl {
+          url = "http://mawercer.de/~marc/git-jrnieder.patch";
+          sha256 = "187wf8chdjifwh3rrdc80nkak08jk7n74xq1bfzr2bhx2wicrv0x";
+          });
 
   buildInputs = [curl openssl zlib expat gettext cpio makeWrapper]
     ++ # documentation tools