diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
index a88cf9c0116..b9099699b02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs
 , autoconf, autoreconfHook, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, python3, sphinx
+, bash
 , runCommand
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
+  buildInputs = [ perl bash ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
index da72c351ec6..50f6905e5b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs
 , autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, python3, m4, sphinx
+, bash
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
+  buildInputs = [ perl bash ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix
index 54c53691574..5feb0a2032c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs
 , autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, python3, m4, sphinx
+, bash
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
+  buildInputs = [ perl bash ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
index bc45540036d..d84f2cca059 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs
 , autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, python3, m4, sphinx
+, bash
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
+  buildInputs = [ perl bash ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
index ad2d64866f8..c180dc6ac86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs
 , autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, python3, m4, sphinx
+, bash
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
+  buildInputs = [ perl bash ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index 46d8dfafd0f..b263b8b187d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs
 , autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchgit, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, python3, m4, sphinx
+, bash
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
+  buildInputs = [ perl bash ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;