diff --git a/pkgs/games/blobwars/blobwars-2.00-glibc-2.38.patch b/pkgs/games/blobwars/blobwars-2.00-glibc-2.38.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4fe3e373afda6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/blobwars/blobwars-2.00-glibc-2.38.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/headers.h
++++ b/src/headers.h
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GetGamma(float *red, float *green, float *blue);
+ #define textdomain(x) while(false)
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if !defined(OpenBSD) && !defined(FreeBSD) && !defined(__APPLE__)
++#if !defined(OpenBSD) && !defined(FreeBSD) && !defined(__APPLE__) && !(defined(__GLIBC__) && __GLIBC__ >= 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 38)
+ static inline void strlcat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n) { strncat(dest, src, n - 1); }
+ static inline void strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n) { strncpy(dest, src, n); dest[n - 1] = 0; }
+ #endif
diff --git a/pkgs/games/blobwars/default.nix b/pkgs/games/blobwars/default.nix
index b0951064c24cf..dd94fc1096966 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/blobwars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/blobwars/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "c406279f6cdf2aed3c6edb8d8be16efeda0217494acd525f39ee2bd3e77e4a99";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./blobwars-2.00-glibc-2.38.patch ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config gettext ];
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer SDL2_net SDL2_ttf zlib ];
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-Wno-error" ];