diff --git a/s/SAMtools/SAMtools-1.9-gnuplot.patch b/s/SAMtools/SAMtools-1.9-gnuplot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a5f4497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s/SAMtools/SAMtools-1.9-gnuplot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- misc/plot-bamstats.orig	2019-07-09 15:05:11.870849355 +0200
++++ misc/plot-bamstats	2019-07-09 15:05:33.511871839 +0200
+@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@
+         for (my $iqual=1; $iqual<@$cycle; $iqual++) { print $fh "\t$$cycle[$iqual]"; }
+         print $fh "\n";
+     }
+-    print $fh "end\nend\n";
++    print $fh "\nend\n";
+     if ( $is_paired )
+     {
+         @ytics = ();
+@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
+             for (my $iqual=1; $iqual<@$cycle; $iqual++) { print $fh "\t$$cycle[$iqual]"; }
+             print $fh "\n";
+         }
+-        print $fh "end\nend\n";
++        print $fh "\nend\n";
+     }
+     close($fh);
+     plot($$args{gp});
diff --git a/s/SAMtools/SAMtools-1.9-intel-2017a.eb b/s/SAMtools/SAMtools-1.9-intel-2017a.eb
index f0782484..2bd1888c 100644
--- a/s/SAMtools/SAMtools-1.9-intel-2017a.eb
+++ b/s/SAMtools/SAMtools-1.9-intel-2017a.eb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ source_urls = [
     'https://github.com/samtools/%(namelower)s/releases/download/%(version)s']
 sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
 
+patches = ['SAMtools-1.9-gnuplot.patch']
+
 dependencies = [
     ('ncurses', '6.0', '', True),
     ('zlib', '1.2.11', '', True),