diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index 7b71fccd6b8a8..e985202fad23a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 , recurseIntoAttrs, emacsPackagesFor
 , libgccjit, makeWrapper # native-comp params
 , fetchFromSavannah, fetchFromBitbucket
+, patchelf_0_15
 
   # macOS dependencies for NS and macPort
 , AppKit, Carbon, Cocoa, IOKit, OSAKit, Quartz, QuartzCore, WebKit
@@ -136,6 +137,9 @@ assert withTreeSitter -> tree-sitter != null;
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper ]
+    # TODO: remove once it's fixed upstream and released:
+    #   https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/issues/482
+    ++ [ patchelf_0_15 ]
     ++ lib.optionals (srcRepo || withMacport) [ texinfo ]
     ++ lib.optionals srcRepo [ autoreconfHook ]
     ++ lib.optional (withX && (withGTK3 || withXwidgets)) wrapGAppsHook;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.15.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.15.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fc71c4aa4ea48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.15.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
+# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
+# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
+# files.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "patchelf";
+  version = "0.15.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/NixOS/${pname}/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-9ANtPuTY4ijewb7/8PbkbYpA6eVw4AaOOdd+YuLIvcI=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  setupHook = [ ./setup-hook.sh ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # fails 8 out of 24 tests, problems when loading libc.so.6
+  doCheck = stdenv.name == "stdenv-linux"
+    # test scripts require unprefixed bintools binaries
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/issues/417
+    && stdenv.cc.targetPrefix == "";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    description = "A small utility to modify the dynamic linker and RPATH of ELF executables";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6bdc275e473ca..31fa49e801709 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18562,6 +18562,11 @@ with pkgs;
   patchelf_0_13 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.13.nix {
     patchelf = patchelfStable;
   };
+
+  # used by emacs which is not compatible to 0.17.2 release:
+  #   https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/issues/482
+  patchelf_0_15 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.15.nix { };
+
   patchelfStable = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf { };
 
   patchelfUnstable = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix { });