diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.2.nix
index cf4e5772719..94555482d28 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.2.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs, alex, happy
-, autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, perl, python3
+, autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, python3
 
 , libffi, libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 , # Whether to build dynamic libs for the standard library (on the target
   # platform). Static libs are always built.
-  enableShared ? true
+  enableShared ? !targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt
 
 , version ? "8.4.2"
 }:
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ let
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString enableRelocatedStaticLibs ''
     GhcLibHcOpts += -fPIC
     GhcRtsHcOpts += -fPIC
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt ''
+    EXTRA_CC_OPTS += -std=gnu99
   '';
 
   # Splicer will pull out correct variations
@@ -79,6 +81,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
 
+  patches = [(fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://git.haskell.org/hsc2hs.git/patch/738f3666c878ee9e79c3d5e819ef8b3460288edf";
+    sha256 = "0plzsbfaq6vb1023lsarrjglwgr9chld4q3m99rcfzx0yx5mibp3";
+    extraPrefix = "utils/hsc2hs/";
+    stripLen = 1;
+  })];
+
   postPatch = "patchShebangs .";
 
   # GHC is a bit confused on its cross terminology.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index 51497e0d9ce..7e1c73d166a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 , # Whether to build dynamic libs for the standard library (on the target
   # platform). Static libs are always built.
-  enableShared ? true
+  enableShared ? !targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt
 
 , version ? "8.5.20180118"
 }:
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ let
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString enableRelocatedStaticLibs ''
     GhcLibHcOpts += -fPIC
     GhcRtsHcOpts += -fPIC
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt ''
+    EXTRA_CC_OPTS += -std=gnu99
   '';
 
   # Splicer will pull out correct variations