diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdf2djvu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdf2djvu/default.nix
index 5b1412f3792d..1090ad300f73 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdf2djvu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdf2djvu/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, djvulibre, poppler, fontconfig, libjpeg }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, djvulibre, poppler, fontconfig, libjpeg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.9.14";
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "05z2bbg54pfsi668fwcjrcr5iz9llf9gprzdsrn6fw5wjv4876zi";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix build with Poppler 0.83
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/jwilk/pdf2djvu/commit/0aa17bb79dbcdfc249e4841f5b5398e27cfdfd41.patch";
+      sha256 = "0mr14nz5w7z4ri2556bxkf3cnn2f7dhwsld7csrh6z5qqb7d5805";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/jwilk/pdf2djvu/commit/27b9e028091a2f370367e9eaf37b4bb1cde87b62.patch";
+      sha256 = "03apsg1487jl800q8j70hicvg6xsndd593bg7babm4vgivkxb0da";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
   buildInputs = [ djvulibre poppler fontconfig libjpeg ];