diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mstflint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mstflint/default.nix
index 619858cbe359479..cda06640c84378a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mstflint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mstflint/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-P8XACcz6d8UTOhFFeTijfFOthBqnUghGlDj9K145sZ8=";
   };
 
+  # needed to introduce this with GCC 13. Remove, when https://github.com/Mellanox/mstflint/pull/916 is upstream.
+  patches = [
+    ./elf.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf
     automake
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mstflint/elf.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/mstflint/elf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..97286aaa1cde115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mstflint/elf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/mlxdpa/elfio/elf_types.hpp b/mlxdpa/elfio/elf_types.hpp
+index b99c35f3..b0823b55 100755
+--- a/mlxdpa/elfio/elf_types.hpp
++++ b/mlxdpa/elfio/elf_types.hpp
+@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
+ #ifndef ELFTYPES_H
+ #define ELFTYPES_H
+ 
++#include <cstdint>
++
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+ namespace ELFIO {
+ #endif