diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/bigloo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/bigloo/default.nix
index 32116048a43..a3bac2b1722 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/bigloo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/bigloo/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, gmp }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, autoconf, automake, libtool, gmp
+, darwin
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bigloo";
-  version = "4.1a-2";
+  version = "4.3h";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/bigloo${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "09yrz8r0jpj7bda39fdxzrrdyhi851nlfajsyf0b6jxanz6ygcjx";
+    url = "ftp://ftp-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/bigloo-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0fw08096sf8ma2cncipnidnysxii0h0pc7kcqkjhkhdchknp8vig";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ];
+
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.ApplicationServices
+  ;
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gmp ];
 
   preConfigure =
+    # For libuv on darwin
+    stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+      export LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize
+    '' +
     # Help libgc's configure.
     '' export CXXCPP="$CXX -E"
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/hop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/hop/default.nix
index 49687cfb2d8..fd3ef137ae6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/hop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/hop/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, bigloo }:
 
+# Compute the “release” version of bigloo (before the first dash, if any)
+let bigloo-release =
+  let inherit (stdenv.lib) head splitString; in
+  head (splitString "-" (builtins.parseDrvName bigloo.name).version)
+; in
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "hop-2.5.1";
+  name = "hop-3.3.0";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Hop/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1bvp7pc71bln5yvfj87s8750c6l53wjl6f8m12v62q9926adhwys";
+    sha256 = "14gf9ihmw95zdnxsqhn5jymfivpfq5cg9v0y7yjd5i7c787dncp5";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -13,13 +19,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ bigloo ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lbigloogc-4.1a";
-  '';
-
   configureFlags = [
     "--bigloo=${bigloo}/bin/bigloo"
-    "--bigloolibdir=${bigloo}/lib/bigloo/4.1a/"
+    "--bigloolibdir=${bigloo}/lib/bigloo/${bigloo-release}/"
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {