diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
index c325bb9e1d5e..e77a4e1414e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ let
 in
 
 let
-  version = "17.3.7";
+  version = "17.3.8";
   branch  = head (splitString "." version);
 in
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ let self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
       "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/older-versions/${branch}.x/${version}/mesa-${version}.tar.xz"
       "https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/mesa-${version}.tar.xz"
     ];
-    sha256 = "07mcfyksspr4xp7fhhdgjhxm0182jhyav11shpzahrdsix591585";
+    sha256 = "1cd6a4ll5arla3kncxnw9196ak1v4rvnb098aa7lm3n4h7r9p7cg";
   };
 
   prePatch = "patchShebangs .";
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ let self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches = [
     ./glx_ro_text_segm.patch # fix for grsecurity/PaX
     ./symlink-drivers.patch
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./musl-fixes.patch;
+    ./missing-include.patch # dev_t needs sys/stat.h, fixes build w/musl
+  ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "drivers" "osmesa" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/missing-include.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/missing-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd3e6bb64af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/missing-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./src/gallium/winsys/svga/drm/vmw_screen.h.orig
++++ ./src/gallium/winsys/svga/drm/vmw_screen.h
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
+ #ifndef VMW_SCREEN_H_
+ #define VMW_SCREEN_H_
+ 
+-
++#include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include "pipe/p_compiler.h"
+ #include "pipe/p_state.h"
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/musl-fixes.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/musl-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 60140d445ae8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/musl-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- ./src/gallium/winsys/svga/drm/vmw_screen.h.orig
-+++ ./src/gallium/winsys/svga/drm/vmw_screen.h
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
- #ifndef VMW_SCREEN_H_
- #define VMW_SCREEN_H_
- 
--
-+#include <sys/stat.h>
- #include "pipe/p_compiler.h"
- #include "pipe/p_state.h"
- 
---- a/src/util/u_endian.h.orig	2016-11-04 12:16:00.480356454 +0100
-+++ b/src/util/u_endian.h	2016-11-04 12:16:11.984347944 +0100
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
- #ifndef U_ENDIAN_H
- #define U_ENDIAN_H
- 
--#if defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(ANDROID) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
-+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(ANDROID) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
- #include <endian.h>
- 
- #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN