diff --git a/Formula/google-sparsehash.rb b/Formula/google-sparsehash.rb
index 634a578dc1f..ed5a935df5c 100644
--- a/Formula/google-sparsehash.rb
+++ b/Formula/google-sparsehash.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ class GoogleSparsehash < Formula
 
   option :cxx11
 
+  # Patch from upstream issue: https://code.google.com/p/sparsehash/issues/detail?id=99
+  patch do
+    url "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jacknagel/3314c8cc67032a912f8b/raw/387b44a3b46e7b68876dbcb3c6595d700fa08a3c/sparsehash.diff"
+    sha1 "bc2083e2c7e699c04f65a1d87dd0cb96deee9b24"
+  end
+
   def install
     ENV.cxx11 if build.cxx11?
     system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",