diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix
index b5ee705afd09..8b8c204a4803 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "1fb29764a6a650a4d5b409dda227ac9f";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./glibc-pwd.patch ./glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch ./glibc-inline.patch ./x86-fnstsw.patch ./binutils-ld.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./glibc-pwd.patch ./glibc-getcwd-param-MAX.patch ./glibc-inline.patch
+              ./x86-fnstsw.patch ./binutils-ld.patch ./make-3-82-fix.patch ];
 
   inherit kernelHeaders installLocales;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/make-3-82-fix.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/make-3-82-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..816e0aa528be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/make-3-82-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- glibc-2.5/manual/Makefile.orig	2011-01-26 17:03:14.000000000 +0100
++++ glibc-2.5/manual/Makefile	2011-01-26 17:04:30.000000000 +0100
+@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@
+ .PHONY: stubs
+ stubs: $(objpfx)stubs
+ endif
+-$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot $(objpfx)stamp%:
++$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot:
++	$(make-target-directory)
++	touch $@
++$(objpfx)stamp%:
+ 	$(make-target-directory)
+ 	touch $@
+