diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 0b81d64aa2864e68c19edf13977ce6943a73cf01..0a8976d17cfa0da806fa4a48f3739ff8c0bbef93 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/hop-bigloo-4.0b.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/libevent-dns-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/liboop-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/libmad-mips-newgcc.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/libtheora-config-guess.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/libtool-skip-tests.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lsh.scm b/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
index 58040839e1ad24def5f0bf98231270fe7f08145d..7d9ba78a5e57eda6de575437ce5b93736fe3b340 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ (define-public liboop
                           version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0z6rlalhvfca64jpvksppc9bdhs7jwhiw4y35g5ibvh91xp3rn1l"))))
+        "0z6rlalhvfca64jpvksppc9bdhs7jwhiw4y35g5ibvh91xp3rn1l"))
+      (patches (list (search-patch "liboop-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (home-page "http://www.lysator.liu.se/liboop/")
     (synopsis "Event loop library")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/liboop-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/liboop-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b91754a8ccead70130faf36c9d98ffdae1a82507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/liboop-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Patch configure script to choose pass_all deplibs check method for
+linux-gnu* systems on mips64.  This is a temporary hack until liboop
+bootstraps their build system with a newer libtool.
+
+Patch by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
+
+--- liboop/configure.orig	2003-10-26 11:41:19.000000000 -0500
++++ liboop/configure	2013-11-02 18:09:11.079995796 -0400
+@@ -3395,7 +3395,7 @@
+ # This must be Linux ELF.
+ linux*)
+   case $host_cpu in
+-  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | ia64* | m68* | mips | mipsel | powerpc* | sparc* | s390* | sh*)
++  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | ia64* | m68* | mips | mipsel | mips64 | mips64el | powerpc* | sparc* | s390* | sh*)
+     lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all ;;
+   *)
+     # glibc up to 2.1.1 does not perform some relocations on ARM