diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/default.nix
index 60ca574f1ccb..9a01373cf2b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , llvmPackages
 , libxml2
 , zlib
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 let
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-bILjcKX8jPl2n1HRYvYRb7jJkobwqmSJ+hHXSn9n2ag=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # glibc 2.33 support
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/ziglang/zig/commit/0fee4b55a8c58791238efe6bf2da5ce3435a5cc1.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-waVtolUlmGrfiRk4tWsSOij5MfUc+g57DatC6GtSx6c=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     llvmPackages.llvm.dev