diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 27e7877361..96e6cb08f4 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/coq-fix-envvars.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/coreutils-ls.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/cpuinfo-system-libraries.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/cpulimit-with-glib-2.32.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/crawl-upgrade-saves.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/crda-optional-gcrypt.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/clucene-contribs-lib.patch               \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index ed66e358ea..17dc0f1315 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 Eric Bavier <bavier@posteo.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 Eric Bavier <bavier@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Eric Dvorsak <eric@dvorsak.fr>
@@ -2858,7 +2858,8 @@ lookup to YAML Mode.  You could enable the mode with @code{(add-hook
              (commit (string-append "v" version))))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1dz045yhcsw1rdamzpz4bk8mw888in7fyqk1q1b3m1yk4pd1ahkh"))))
+        (base32 "1dz045yhcsw1rdamzpz4bk8mw888in7fyqk1q1b3m1yk4pd1ahkh"))
+       (patches (search-patches "cpulimit-with-glib-2.32.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/cpulimit-with-glib-2.32.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/cpulimit-with-glib-2.32.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c0bbaac7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/cpulimit-with-glib-2.32.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 4a4794e041edf85cb67b9fbba66ad1a22fdcaaec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Eric Bavier <bavier@posteo.net>
+Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:10:20 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Fixes linux build with glibc-2.32.
+
+* cpulimit.c: Guard inclusion of <sys/sysctl.h> which is needed only for
+  __APPLE__ and is deprecated and unavailable starting with glibc-2.32.
+---
+ src/cpulimit.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Submitted upstream at https://github.com/opsengine/cpulimit/pull/105
+
+diff --git a/src/cpulimit.c b/src/cpulimit.c
+index 50eabea..be8cf22 100644
+--- a/src/cpulimit.c
++++ b/src/cpulimit.c
+@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+-#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+ #include <sys/resource.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef __APPLE__ || __FREEBSD__
+ #include <libgen.h>
++#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include "process_group.h"
+-- 
+2.34.0
+