diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
index 997a8d223054..c0451486c144 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1p0ghkmpc4kwij1z9rzxfv7adnpy4ayi0ifahlns1bdzgmbyf88v";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./nix-unstable-sandbox-fix.patch
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     texinfo libXext xextproto libX11 xproto libXpm libXt libXcursor
     alsaLib cmake zlib libpng libvorbis libXxf86dga libXxf86misc
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/nix-unstable-sandbox-fix.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/nix-unstable-sandbox-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a227cea1ce7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/nix-unstable-sandbox-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+index 32ed053..73ba87f 100644
+--- a/docs/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ foreach(page ${DOC_SRCS})
+     string(REPLACE "._tx" "" basename ${basename})
+ 
+     set(page ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${page})
+-    if(${page} MATCHES "/build/")
++    if(${page} MATCHES ".+/build/")
+         set(txt_out ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build/${basename}.txt)
+         set(html_out ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build/${basename}.html)
+     else()