diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
index f86d328ae0e..01efcab9024 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ghc, perl, gmp, ncurses }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ghc, perl, gmp, ncurses, binutils }:
 
 let
   # The "-Wa,--noexecstack" options might be needed only with GNU ld (as opposed
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1669m8k9q72rpd2mzs0bh2q6lcwqiwd1ax3vrard1dgn64yq4hxx";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ghc perl gmp ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ ghc perl gmp ncurses ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin binutils; # as: I don't understand '-' flag!
 
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"