diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/40103-iostat-fix.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/40103-iostat-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9897a76c957d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/40103-iostat-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/checks/system/unix.py b/checks/system/unix.py
+index c37af3c3..58c72626 100644
+--- a/checks/system/unix.py
++++ b/checks/system/unix.py
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class IO(Check):
+         self.value_re = re.compile(r'\d+\.\d+')
+ 
+     def _parse_linux2(self, output):
+-        recentStats = output.split('Device:')[2].split('\n')
++        recentStats = output.split('Device')[2].split('\n')
+         header = recentStats[0]
+         headerNames = re.findall(self.header_re, header)
+         device = None
+@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ class IO(Check):
+ 
+                 #                 Linux 2.6.32-343-ec2 (ip-10-35-95-10)   12/11/2012      _x86_64_        (2 CPU)
+                 #
+-                # Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
++                # Device         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
+                 # sda1              0.00    17.61    0.26   32.63     4.23   201.04    12.48     0.16    4.81   0.53   1.73
+                 # sdb               0.00     2.68    0.19    3.84     5.79    26.07    15.82     0.02    4.93   0.22   0.09
+                 # sdg               0.00     0.13    2.29    3.84   100.53    30.61    42.78     0.05    8.41   0.88   0.54
+                 # sdf               0.00     0.13    2.30    3.84   100.54    30.61    42.78     0.06    9.12   0.90   0.55
+                 # md0               0.00     0.00    0.05    3.37     1.41    30.01    18.35     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
+                 #
+-                # Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
++                # Device         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
+                 # sda1              0.00     0.00    0.00   10.89     0.00    43.56     8.00     0.03    2.73   2.73   2.97
+                 # sdb               0.00     0.00    0.00    2.97     0.00    11.88     8.00     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
+                 # sdg               0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix
index 805b0dddcacfb3..1038882573bcd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1iqxvgpsqibqw3vk79158l2pnb6y4pjhjp2d6724lm5rpz4825lx";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./40103-iostat-fix.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     python
     unzip
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     cp -R $src $out/agent
     chmod u+w -R $out
+    (cd $out/agent; patchPhase)
     PYTHONPATH=$out/agent:$PYTHONPATH
     ln -s $out/agent/agent.py $out/bin/dd-agent
     ln -s $out/agent/dogstatsd.py $out/bin/dogstatsd