diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index fe84744767..0b81d64aa2 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/flex-bison-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gawk-shell.patch				\
   gnu/packages/patches/gcc-cross-environment-variables.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/gd-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gdb-loongson-madd-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-desktop.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-homedir.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gd.scm b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
index 13bcd45f77..ce3db6709c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libpng)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libjpeg)
   #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@
              (uri "https://bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/get/GD_2_0_33.tar.gz")
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0yrbx8mj9pykyzm0zl1q86xlkdvkajcsf5jmg688vhw9yc5wmbbw"))))
+               "0yrbx8mj9pykyzm0zl1q86xlkdvkajcsf5jmg688vhw9yc5wmbbw"))
+             (patches
+              (list (search-patch "gd-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:phases (alist-cons-after
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gd-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gd-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6231310cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gd-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Patch configure script to choose pass_all deplibs check method for
+linux-gnu* systems on mips64.  This is a temporary hack until libgd
+bootstraps their build system with a newer libtool.
+
+Patch by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
+
+--- libgd-gd/src/configure.orig	2006-04-05 11:56:57.000000000 -0400
++++ libgd-gd/src/configure	2013-11-02 17:56:19.123995838 -0400
+@@ -4457,7 +4457,7 @@
+ # This must be Linux ELF.
+ linux-gnu*)
+   case $host_cpu in
+-  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | mips | mipsel | powerpc* | sparc* | ia64* | s390* | x86_64*)
++  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | mips | mipsel | mips64 | mips64el | powerpc* | sparc* | ia64* | s390* | x86_64*)
+     lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all ;;
+   *)
+     # glibc up to 2.1.1 does not perform some relocations on ARM