diff --git a/Formula/gperftools.rb b/Formula/gperftools.rb
index 7eae75b70c..f6c9899235 100644
--- a/Formula/gperftools.rb
+++ b/Formula/gperftools.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class Gperftools < Formula
   homepage "https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools"
   url "https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-2.5/gperftools-2.5.tar.gz"
   sha256 "6fa2748f1acdf44d750253e160cf6e2e72571329b42e563b455bde09e9e85173"
+  head "https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools.git"
 
   bottle do
     cellar :any
@@ -11,13 +12,32 @@ class Gperftools < Formula
     sha256 "6036aafcbbce98242174d9481b14112ec947598452f493878b1394d08e6ca275" => :mavericks
   end
 
+  # Needed for stable due to the patch; otherwise, just head
+  depends_on "autoconf" => :build
+  depends_on "automake" => :build
+  depends_on "libtool" => :build
+
   fails_with :llvm do
     build 2326
     cause "Segfault during linking"
   end
 
+  # Prevents build failure on Xcode >= 7.3:
+  # Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
+  #   "operator delete(void*, unsigned long)", referenced from:
+  #     ProcMapsIterator::~ProcMapsIterator() in libsysinfo.a(sysinfo.o)
+  # Reported 17 April 2016: gperftools/gperftools#794
+  patch do
+    url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/patches/edb49c752c0c02eb9e47bd2ab9788d504fd5b495/gperftools/revert-sized-delete-aliases.patch"
+    sha256 "49eb4f2ac52ad38723d3bf371e7d682644ef09ee7c1e2e2098e69b6c085153b6"
+  end
+
   def install
     ENV.append_to_cflags "-D_XOPEN_SOURCE"
+
+    # Needed for stable due to the patch; otherwise, just head
+    system "autoreconf", "-fiv"
+
     system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
                           "--prefix=#{prefix}"
     system "make"