diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 3e9108cd871d09c60fface6136a14072f75fbeaf..8229cf0cdd8211f63c91b76f5099d9a96e6e6f6a 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/cdparanoia-fpic.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/cmake-fix-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-gets-undeclared.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/curl-fix-test172.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/dbus-localstatedir.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/dmd-getpw.patch				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/curl.scm b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
index 7072ed387869939024357b8ed3b69a35f64c71cc..a9bfa76aa005e5a0b4b57140b9de7614e357c569 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/curl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages curl)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gnutls)
   #:use-module (gnu packages groff)
@@ -42,7 +43,11 @@ (define-public curl
                                 version ".tar.lzma"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "13bhfs41yf60ys2hrikqxjwfzaj0gm91kqzsgc5fr4grzmpm38nx"))))
+              "13bhfs41yf60ys2hrikqxjwfzaj0gm91kqzsgc5fr4grzmpm38nx"))
+            (patches
+             ;; This patch fixes testcase 172 which uses a hardcoded cookie
+             ;; expiration value which is expired as of Feb 1, 2014.
+             (list (search-patch "curl-fix-test172.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("gnutls" ,gnutls)
              ("gss" ,gss)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm b/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
index 1529f9628356ab7587a057210f45980770401da0..f3448a7e63210df922d3b769cb91583da0dd204c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
@@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ (define-public gnurl
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0kpi9wx9lg938b982smjg54acdwswdshs2bzf10sj5r6zmb05ygp"))))
+              "0kpi9wx9lg938b982smjg54acdwswdshs2bzf10sj5r6zmb05ygp"))
+            ;; This patch fixes testcase 172 which uses a hardcoded cookie
+            ;; expiration value which is expired as of Feb 1, 2014.
+            (patches (list (search-patch "curl-fix-test172.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("gnutls" ,gnutls)
              ("libidn" ,libidn)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/curl-fix-test172.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/curl-fix-test172.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc2c2705e745ee2cc58d38e94a613bd1ca8c9574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/curl-fix-test172.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/tests/data/test172 b/tests/data/test172
+index b3efae9..3d53418 100644
+--- a/tests/data/test172
++++ b/tests/data/test172
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/we/want/172 -b log/jar172.txt -b "tool=curl; name=fool"
+ 
+ .%HOSTIP	TRUE	/silly/	FALSE	0	ismatch	this
+ .%HOSTIP	TRUE	/	FALSE	0	partmatch	present
+-%HOSTIP	FALSE	/we/want/	FALSE	1391252187	nodomain	value
++%HOSTIP	FALSE	/we/want/	FALSE	2139150993	nodomain	value
+ </file>
+ </client>