diff --git a/dev-libs/libpipeline/files/libpipeline-1.4.1-gnulib-darwin-program_name.patch b/dev-libs/libpipeline/files/libpipeline-1.4.1-gnulib-darwin-program_name.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..91a3c473f7bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libpipeline/files/libpipeline-1.4.1-gnulib-darwin-program_name.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2015-02/msg00079.html
+
+From: Margaret Lewicka <address@hidden>
+
+---
+ lib/error.c | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/error.c b/lib/error.c
+index 6683197..36a3db7 100644
+--- gnulib/lib/error.c
++++ gnulib/lib/error.c
+@@ -113,9 +113,13 @@ int strerror_r ();
+ #  endif
+ # endif
+ 
++#if defined __APPLE__ && defined __MACH__
++#define program_name (((char **)*_NSGetArgv())[0])
++#else
+ /* The calling program should define program_name and set it to the
+    name of the executing program.  */
+ extern char *program_name;
++#endif
+ 
+ # if HAVE_STRERROR_R || defined strerror_r
+ #  define __strerror_r strerror_r
+-- 
+2.1.0
diff --git a/dev-libs/libpipeline/libpipeline-1.4.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libpipeline/libpipeline-1.4.1.ebuild
index ab244564d3001..4ca3f649ca9c6 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libpipeline/libpipeline-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libpipeline/libpipeline-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://nongnu/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~arm-linux ~x86-linux"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~arm-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos"
 IUSE="static-libs test"
 
 DEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig
 	test? ( dev-libs/check )"
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gnulib-cygwin-sys_select.patch )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gnulib-cygwin-sys_select.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gnulib-darwin-program_name.patch
+)