diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
index 2d49742c651..fefd07b1204 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 , libffi, libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86
+, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || targetPlatform.isMusl
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.