diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
index d4727b41bd0..801ad00876b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bwa";
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1zfhv2zg9v1icdlq4p9ssc8k01mca5d1bd87w71py2swfi74s6yy";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream patch for -fno-common toolchain support like upstream
+    # gcc-10: https://github.com/lh3/bwa/pull/267
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name  = "fno-common.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/lh3/bwa/commit/2a1ae7b6f34a96ea25be007ac9d91e57e9d32284.patch";
+      sha256 = "1lihfxai6vcshv5vr3m7yhk833bdivkja3gld6ilwrc4z28f6wqy";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
   # Avoid hardcoding gcc to allow environments with a different