diff --git a/pkgs/games/xsokoban/default.nix b/pkgs/games/xsokoban/default.nix
index 47d05b7e3f6a..2ec47d5d8b2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/xsokoban/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/xsokoban/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile.in --replace 4755 0755
+  '';
+
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -e 's/getline/my_getline/' -i score.c