diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix
index 544b96f5e4f03..c907928d5ef9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix
@@ -142,11 +142,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   postPatch = "patchShebangs .";
 
   # GHC is a bit confused on its cross terminology.
-  preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch64 ''
+  preConfigure =
     # Aarch64 allow backward bootstrapping since earlier versions are unstable.
-    find . -name \*\.cabal\* -exec sed -i -e 's/\(base.*\)4.14/\14.16/' {} \; \
-      -exec sed -i -e 's/\(prim.*\)0.6/\10.8/' {} \;
-  '' + ''
+    # Same for musl, as earlier versions do not provide a musl bindist for bootstrapping.
+    lib.optionalString (stdenv.isAarch64 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) ''
+      find . -name \*\.cabal\* -exec sed -i -e 's/\(base.*\)4.14/\14.16/' {} \; \
+        -exec sed -i -e 's/\(prim.*\)0.6/\10.8/' {} \;
+    ''
+  + ''
     for env in $(env | grep '^TARGET_' | sed -E 's|\+?=.*||'); do
       export "''${env#TARGET_}=''${!env}"
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 8bea40efe64d4..b872f3286e162 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ in {
 
     ghc884 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix {
       # aarch64 ghc865Binary gets SEGVs due to haskell#15449 or similar
-      bootPkgs = if stdenv.isAarch64 then
+      # Musl bindists do not exist for ghc 8.6.5, so we use 8.10.* for them
+      bootPkgs = if stdenv.isAarch64 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl then
           packages.ghc8102BinaryMinimal
         else
           packages.ghc865Binary;
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ in {
     };
     ghc8104 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/8.10.4.nix {
       # aarch64 ghc865Binary gets SEGVs due to haskell#15449 or similar
-      bootPkgs = if stdenv.isAarch64 || stdenv.isAarch32 then
+      # Musl bindists do not exist for ghc 8.6.5, so we use 8.10.* for them
+      bootPkgs = if stdenv.isAarch64 || stdenv.isAarch32 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl then
           packages.ghc8102BinaryMinimal
         else
           packages.ghc865Binary;