diff --git a/srcpkgs/valgrind/patches/valgrind-3.7.0-glibc-2.16.patch b/srcpkgs/valgrind/patches/valgrind-3.7.0-glibc-2.16.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54e70da564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/valgrind/patches/valgrind-3.7.0-glibc-2.16.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+--- configure	2011-11-05 21:24:39.000000000 +1000
++++ configure	2011-12-27 15:43:54.832120449 +1000
+@@ -6402,6 +6402,28 @@
+	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.34567-NPTL-helgrind.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
+	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X-drd.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
+	;;
++     2.15)
++	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: 2.15 family" >&5
++$as_echo "2.15 family" >&6; }
++
++$as_echo "#define GLIBC_2_15 1" >>confdefs.h
++
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.34567-NPTL-helgrind.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X-drd.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	;;
++
++     2.16)
++	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: 2.16 family" >&5
++$as_echo "2.16 family" >&6; }
++
++$as_echo "#define GLIBC_2_16 1" >>confdefs.h
++
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.34567-NPTL-helgrind.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X-drd.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	;;
++
+      darwin)
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: Darwin" >&5
+ $as_echo "Darwin" >&6; }
+@@ -6422,7 +6433,7 @@
+      *)
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: unsupported version ${GLIBC_VERSION}" >&5
+ $as_echo "unsupported version ${GLIBC_VERSION}" >&6; }
+-	as_fn_error "Valgrind requires glibc version 2.2 - 2.14" "$LINENO" 5
++	as_fn_error "Valgrind requires glibc version 2.2 - 2.16" "$LINENO" 5
+	as_fn_error "or Darwin libc" "$LINENO" 5
+	;;
+ esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/valgrind/template b/srcpkgs/valgrind/template
index 315c0301db..70c3c5d84d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/valgrind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/valgrind/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-tls --with-mpicc=/dev/null"
+depends="glibc>=2.16<2.17"
 makedepends="pkg-config"
 fulldepends="perl>=0"
 short_desc="Tool for finding memory management bugs in programs"