diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix
index 7b29f5a0e5cf..5e552301fe48 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison, linuxHeaders, libtirpc, mount, umount, nfs-utils, e2fsprogs
-, libxml2, libkrb5, kmod, openldap, sssd, cyrus_sasl, openssl, rpcsvc-proto }:
+, libxml2, libkrb5, kmod, openldap, sssd, cyrus_sasl, openssl, rpcsvc-proto
+, fetchpatch
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.1.6";
@@ -10,6 +12,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1vya21mb4izj3khcr3flibv7xc15vvx2v0rjfk5yd31qnzcy7pnx";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # glibc 2.34 compat
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/autofs/raw/cc745af5e42396d540d5b3b92fae486e232bf6bd/f/autofs-5.1.7-use-default-stack-size-for-threads.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-6ETDFbW7EhHR03xFWF+6OJBgn9NX3WW3bGhTNGodaOc=";
+      excludes = [ "CHANGELOG" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     configureFlags="--enable-force-shutdown --enable-ignore-busy --with-path=$PATH"
     export sssldir="${sssd}/lib/sssd/modules"