diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/add_algorithm_header.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/add_algorithm_header.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e9e6803ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/add_algorithm_header.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/src/cdo_module.cc b/src/cdo_module_patched.cc
+index dc408d9..f50c2d3 100644
+--- a/src/cdo_module.cc
++++ b/src/cdo_module_patched.cc
+@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+ #include "cdo_module.h"
++#include <algorithm>
+ 
+ oper_t::oper_t() : help(default_help) {}
+ 
+diff --git a/src/cdo_options.cc b/src/cdo_options_patched.cc
+index 465f1f9..0684e78 100644
+--- a/src/cdo_options.cc
++++ b/src/cdo_options_patched.cc
+@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
+ #include "cdo_output.h"
+ 
+ #include <cstring>
++#include <algorithm>
+ 
+ namespace cdo
+ {
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/add_algorithm_header_222.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/add_algorithm_header_222.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..319e140ef43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/add_algorithm_header_222.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/src/cdo_options.cc b/src/cdo_options_patched.cc
+index 465f1f9..0684e78 100644
+--- a/src/cdo_options.cc
++++ b/src/cdo_options_patched.cc
+@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
+ #include "cdo_output.h"
+ 
+ #include <cstring>
++#include <algorithm>
+ 
+ namespace cdo
+ {
+diff -u src/cdo_options.h src/cdo_options_patched.h
+--- a/src/cdo_options.h
++++ b/src/cdo_options_patched.h
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+
+ #include <vector>
+ #include <string>
++#include <algorithm>
+
+ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+ #include "config.h" /* _FILE_OFFSET_BITS influence off_t */
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/package.py
index 9f6910fa049..2c399592073 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cdo/package.py
@@ -170,6 +170,20 @@ class Cdo(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on("cxx", type="build")  # generated
     depends_on("fortran", type="build")  # generated
 
+    # patches
+    # see https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/boards/1/topics/15594
+    patch(
+        "add_algorithm_header.patch",
+        when="@2.4.0:2.4.2 %gcc@14:",
+        sha256="0bc20d2fcb14d8e4010d4222297f259eb7b4220effd97555ed3f027e63cf8b30",
+    )
+    patch(
+        "add_algorithm_header_222.patch",
+        when="@2.2.2:2.3.0 %gcc@14:",
+        sha256="db0d9bd32bbee01d914c1dbebd751403e9c918fafd540fd6ecc6a2f27e0900cf",
+    )
+    conflicts("%gcc@14:", when="@:2.2.0", msg="Compilation with gcc@14: requires cdo@2.2.2:")
+
     variant("netcdf", default=True, description="Enable NetCDF support")
     variant(
         "grib2",