diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpiod/0001-Drop-AC_FUNC_MALLOC-and-_REALLOC-and-check-for-them-.patch b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpiod/0001-Drop-AC_FUNC_MALLOC-and-_REALLOC-and-check-for-them-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2ee8e8d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpiod/0001-Drop-AC_FUNC_MALLOC-and-_REALLOC-and-check-for-them-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 2cc80dc06ea42087788cf27b31821ffa99a22f89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Johannes Lode <johannes.lode@dynainstruments.com>
+Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:44:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Drop AC_FUNC_MALLOC and _REALLOC and check for them as
+ regular functions.
+
+While cross-compiling there occurred "undefined reference to
+`rpl_malloc'", the suggested change fixes the problem.
+
+Tested for native X86_64 and armv7a-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.
+---
+ configure.ac | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 008499d..b492dc4 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([HEADER_NOT_FOUND_CXX],
+ 
+ # This is always checked (library needs this)
+ AC_HEADER_STDC
+-AC_FUNC_MALLOC
++# AC_FUNC_MALLOC -- does not work while cross-compiling
++AC_CHECK_FUNC([malloc realloc])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNC([ioctl], [], [FUNC_NOT_FOUND_LIB([ioctl])])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNC([asprintf], [], [FUNC_NOT_FOUND_LIB([asprintf])])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNC([scandir], [], [FUNC_NOT_FOUND_LIB([scandir])])
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpiod/1.x.nix b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpiod/1.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce5a4ac283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpiod/1.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, autoconf-archive, pkg-config, kmod
+, enable-tools ? true
+, enablePython ? false, python3, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libgpiod";
+  version = "1.6.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/snapshot/libgpiod-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-gp1KwmjfB4U2CdZ8/H9HbpqnNssqaKYwvpno+tGXvgo=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # cross compiling fix
+    # https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod/pull/45
+    ./0001-Drop-AC_FUNC_MALLOC-and-_REALLOC-and-check-for-them-.patch
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ kmod ] ++ lib.optionals enablePython [ python3 ncurses ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-tools=${if enable-tools then "yes" else "no"}"
+    "--enable-bindings-cxx"
+    "--prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
+  ] ++ lib.optional enablePython "--enable-bindings-python";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "C library and tools for interacting with the linux GPIO character device";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Since linux 4.8 the GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated. User space should use
+      the character device instead. This library encapsulates the ioctl calls and
+      data structures behind a straightforward API.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/about/";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.expipiplus1 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 23af6b6182..6b1b24f793 100644
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19541,7 +19541,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   opengrok = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/opengrok { };
 
-  openocd = callPackage ../development/embedded/openocd { };
+  openocd = callPackage ../development/embedded/openocd { libgpiod = libgpiod_1_x; };
 
   oprofile = callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/oprofile {
     libiberty_static = libiberty.override { staticBuild = true; };
@@ -22618,6 +22618,7 @@ with pkgs;
   libgphoto2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgphoto2 { };
 
   libgpiod = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgpiod { };
+  libgpiod_1_x = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgpiod/1.x.nix { };
 
   libgpod = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgpod {
     autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;