diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
index da4796fba896..011e4ecd48e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, stdenv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gsl-1.16";
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0lrgipi0z6559jqh82yx8n4xgnxkhzj46v96dl77hahdp58jzg3k";
   };
 
-  # ToDo: there might be more impurities than FMA support check
-  patches = [ ./disable-fma.patch ]; # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gsl/2011-11/msg00019.html
-  patchFlags = "-p0";
+  patches = [
+    # ToDo: there might be more impurities than FMA support check
+    ./disable-fma.patch # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gsl/2011-11/msg00019.html
+
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "bug-39055.patch";
+      url = "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/patch/?id=9cc12d0377";
+      sha256 = "1bmrmihi28cly9g9pq54kkix2jy59y7cd7h5fw4v1c7h5rc2qvs8";
+    })
+  ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/disable-fma.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/disable-fma.patch
index d5c0d620863e..bb1eda9ccccd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/disable-fma.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/disable-fma.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- configure.ac        2011-09-22 16:13:22 +0000
-+++ configure.ac        2011-11-26 23:55:24 +0000
+--- a/configure.ac        2011-09-22 16:13:22 +0000
++++ b/configure.ac        2011-11-26 23:55:24 +0000
 @@ -381,6 +381,28 @@
  AC_SUBST(HAVE_DARWIN_IEEE_INTERFACE)
  AC_SUBST(HAVE_DARWIN86_IEEE_INTERFACE)