diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
index 1839c982e99..f86d328ae0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ghc, perl, gmp, ncurses }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  # The "-Wa,--noexecstack" options might be needed only with GNU ld (as opposed
+  # to the gold linker). It prevents binaries' stacks from being marked as
+  # executable, which fails to run on a grsecurity/PaX kernel.
+  ghcFlags = "-optc-Wa,--noexecstack -opta-Wa,--noexecstack";
+  cFlags = "-Wa,--noexecstack";
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "7.6.3";
 
   name = "ghc-${version}";
@@ -12,21 +19,38 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ghc perl gmp ncurses ];
 
-
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
+
+    # Set ghcFlags for building ghc itself
+    SRC_HC_OPTS += ${ghcFlags}
+    SRC_CC_OPTS += ${cFlags}
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
     echo "${buildMK}" > mk/build.mk
     sed -i -e 's|-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk||' configure
+
+    # Set ghcFlags for binaries that ghc builds
+    sed -i -e 's|"\$topdir"|"\$topdir" ${ghcFlags}|' ghc/ghc.wrapper
+
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -rpath $out/lib/ghc-${version}"
   '';
 
   configureFlags = "--with-gcc=${stdenv.gcc}/bin/gcc";
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # ghci uses mmap with rwx protection at it implements dynamic
+    # linking on its own. See:
+    # - https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=299709
+    # - https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4244
+    # Therefore, we have to pax-mark the resulting binary.
+    # Haddock also seems to run with ghci, so mark it as well.
+    paxmark m $out/lib/${name}/{ghc,haddock}
+  '';
+
   # required, because otherwise all symbols from HSffi.o are stripped, and
   # that in turn causes GHCi to abort
   stripDebugFlags=["-S" "--keep-file-symbols"];