diff --git a/srcpkgs/nickle/patches/timelocal.patch b/srcpkgs/nickle/patches/timelocal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ff9c281315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nickle/patches/timelocal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- builtin-date.c.orig
++++ builtin-date.c
+@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
+     time_t	seconds;
+ 
+     from_date(v, &tm);
+-    seconds = timelocal(&tm);
++    seconds = mktime(&tm);
+     RETURN(Reduce(NewSignedDigitInteger((signed_digit) seconds)));
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nickle/template b/srcpkgs/nickle/template
index 45f158a524a..93d93ed0ce1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nickle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nickle/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'nickle'
 pkgname=nickle
 version=2.81
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="readline-devel"
 short_desc="Powerful desk calculator language"