diff --git a/Formula/erlang.rb b/Formula/erlang.rb
index 094d5a78d99..2f904fb4c62 100644
--- a/Formula/erlang.rb
+++ b/Formula/erlang.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ class Erlang < Formula
 
   fails_with :llvm
 
+  def patches
+    # Fixes problem with ODBC on Mavericks. Reported upstream:
+    # https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/142
+    DATA if MacOS.version >= :mavericks
+  end
+
   def install
     ohai "Compilation takes a long time; use `brew install -v erlang` to see progress" unless ARGV.verbose?
 
@@ -103,3 +109,17 @@ class Erlang < Formula
     end
   end
 end
+__END__
+diff --git a/lib/odbc/configure.in b/lib/odbc/configure.in
+index 83f7a47..fd711fe 100644
+--- a/lib/odbc/configure.in
++++ b/lib/odbc/configure.in
+@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ AC_SUBST(THR_LIBS)
+ odbc_lib_link_success=no
+ AC_SUBST(TARGET_FLAGS)
+     case $host_os in
+-        darwin*)
++        darwin1[[0-2]].*|darwin[[0-9]].*)
+                 TARGET_FLAGS="-DUNIX"
+                if test ! -d "$with_odbc" || test "$with_odbc" = "yes"; then
+                    ODBC_LIB= -L"/usr/lib"