diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
index 6091bb3c8bb2..44f6cabd35a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs .;
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/app-text/sword/files/sword-1.7.4-gcc6.patch";
+      sha256 = "0cvnya5swc7dxabir6bz6la2h1qxd32g3xi06m9b5l5ahb6g10y7";
+    })
+  ];
+
   configureFlags = "--without-conf --enable-tests=no CXXFLAGS=-Wno-unused-but-set-variable";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {