diff --git a/dev-libs/libuv/files/libuv-1.47.0-darwin17.patch b/dev-libs/libuv/files/libuv-1.47.0-darwin17.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3fa90de83288e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libuv/files/libuv-1.47.0-darwin17.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 4785ad6337aac8b78224291f0848f25fc8cb41c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergey Fedorov <vital.had@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:57:40 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] unix: unbreak macOS < 10.14 (#4230)
+
+From fc70430b09c49032d41ae97db26da10e20941e75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bo Anderson <mail@boanderson.me>
+Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:17:52 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] unix: correct pwritev conditional (#4233)
+
+
+diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
+index 891306daedc..4de0643a6c3 100644
+--- a/src/unix/fs.c
++++ b/src/unix/fs.c
+@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
+ 
+ #if defined(__CYGWIN__) ||                                                    \
+     (defined(__HAIKU__) && B_HAIKU_VERSION < B_HAIKU_VERSION_1_PRE_BETA_5) || \
+-    (defined(__sun) && !defined(__illumos__))
++    (defined(__sun) && !defined(__illumos__)) ||                              \
++    (defined(__APPLE__) && !TARGET_OS_IPHONE &&                               \
++     MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 110000)
+ #define preadv(fd, bufs, nbufs, off)                                          \
+   pread(fd, (bufs)->iov_base, (bufs)->iov_len, off)
+ #define pwritev(fd, bufs, nbufs, off)                                         \
diff --git a/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.47.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.47.0-r1.ebuild
index 9e8470d1e7ac5..465058e59761b 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.47.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.47.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-ipv6-tests.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-hppa-kernel.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-darwin17.patch  # upstream
 )
 
 src_prepare() {