diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 0f1ab6669a..7a33ade350 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2084,6 +2084,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/slim-config.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/slim-login.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/slim-display.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/slurm-23-salloc-fallback-shell.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/stex-copy-from-immutable-store.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/sysdig-shared-falcosecurity-libs.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/syslinux-gcc10.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
index 739767508a..60e195391e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018–2022 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2019-2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2019-2024 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Stefan Reichör <stefan@xsteve.at>
 ;;; Copyright © 2024 Zheng Junjie <873216071@qq.com>
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ (define-public slurm
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "08rz3r1rlnb3pmfdnbh542gm44ja0fdy8rkj4vm4lclc48cvqp2a"))
+              (patches
+               (search-patches "slurm-23-salloc-fallback-shell.patch"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet
                '(begin
@@ -292,6 +294,7 @@ (define-public slurm-22.05
               (uri (string-append
                     "https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-"
                     version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (patches '())                       ;drop 'salloc' patch
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0f3hhlki8g7slllsnyj1qikbsvr62i0hig85lcdcfnmsagzlhbyi"))))))
@@ -306,6 +309,7 @@ (define-public slurm-21.08
               (uri (string-append
                     "https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-"
                     version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (patches '())                       ;drop 'salloc' patch
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1sjln54idc9rhg8f2nvm38sgs6fncncyzslas8ixy65pqz2hphbf"))))))
@@ -320,6 +324,7 @@ (define-public slurm-20.11
               (uri (string-append
                     "https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-"
                     version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (patches '())                       ;drop 'salloc' patch
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0xq2d6dm285y541dyg1h66z7svsisrq8c81ag0f601xz1cn3mq9m"))))))
@@ -334,6 +339,7 @@ (define-public slurm-20.02
               (uri (string-append
                     "https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-"
                     version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (patches '())                       ;drop 'salloc' patch
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0qj4blfymrd2ry2qmb58l3jbr4jwygc3adcfw7my27rippcijlyc"))))
@@ -353,6 +359,7 @@ (define-public slurm-19.05
               (uri (string-append
                     "https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-"
                     version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (patches '())                       ;drop 'salloc' patch
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "10c9j4a9a6d4ibpf75006mn03p8xgpaprc247x2idakysjf2fw43"))))))
@@ -368,6 +375,7 @@ (define-public slurm-18.08
         (uri (string-append
                "https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-"
                version ".tar.bz2"))
+        (patches '())                             ;drop 'salloc' patch
         (sha256
          (base32
           "1bgrpz75m7l4xhirsd0fvnkzlkrl8v2qpmjcz60barc5qm2kn457"))))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/slurm-23-salloc-fallback-shell.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/slurm-23-salloc-fallback-shell.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53605bf3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/slurm-23-salloc-fallback-shell.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Have 'salloc' use $SHELL or /bin/sh as the fallback shell.
+
+This is useful in situations where glibc’s Name Service Switch (NSS) is
+dysfunctional (with ‘getpwuid’ returning NULL), which can happen when
+/etc/nsswitch.conf specifies plugins that fail to be loaded in user code, for
+instance because user code is linked against an incompatible libc.
+
+Similar patch submitted upstream: https://bugs.schedmd.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19896
+
+diff --git a/src/salloc/opt.c b/src/salloc/opt.c
+index ffff7c8..74563ad 100644
+--- a/src/salloc/opt.c
++++ b/src/salloc/opt.c
+@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ static void _opt_args(int argc, char **argv, int het_job_offset)
+  * NOTE: This function is NOT reentrant (see getpwuid_r if needed) */
+ static char *_get_shell(void)
+ {
++	char *shell;
+ 	struct passwd *pw_ent_ptr;
+ 
+ 	if (opt.uid == SLURM_AUTH_NOBODY)
+@@ -336,11 +337,13 @@ static char *_get_shell(void)
+ 	else
+ 		pw_ent_ptr = getpwuid(opt.uid);
+ 
+-	if (!pw_ent_ptr) {
+-		pw_ent_ptr = getpwnam("nobody");
+-		warning("no user information for user %u", opt.uid);
++	if (pw_ent_ptr) {
++		shell = pw_ent_ptr->pw_shell;
++	} else {
++		shell = getenv("SHELL") ?: "/bin/sh";
++		warning("no user information for user %u, using '%s' as the shell", opt.uid, shell);
+ 	}
+-	return pw_ent_ptr->pw_shell;
++	return shell;
+ }
+ 
+ static void _salloc_default_command(int *argcp, char **argvp[])