diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
index 77ce77dee5ad..96259dc66948 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # patch to fix python-test
     ./darwin.patch
+
+    # facebook/zstd#1385
+    ./zstd136.patch
     ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/zstd136.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/zstd136.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1bdeecaef990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/zstd136.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- a/src/arrow/util/compression_zstd.cc
++++ b/src/arrow/util/compression_zstd.cc
+@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ namespace util {
+ 
+ Status ZSTDCodec::Decompress(int64_t input_len, const uint8_t* input, int64_t output_len,
+                              uint8_t* output_buffer) {
++  void *safe_output_buffer = static_cast<void*>(output_buffer);
++  int dummy {};
++  if ((output_len == 0) && (output_buffer == NULL)) {
++    safe_output_buffer = static_cast<void*>(&dummy);
++  }
+   int64_t decompressed_size =
+-      ZSTD_decompress(output_buffer, static_cast<size_t>(output_len), input,
++      ZSTD_decompress(safe_output_buffer, static_cast<size_t>(output_len), input,
+                       static_cast<size_t>(input_len));
+   if (decompressed_size != output_len) {
+     return Status::IOError("Corrupt ZSTD compressed data.");