diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/go-ethereum.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/go-ethereum.nix
index 22697af2092..1e16eb78cef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/go-ethereum.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/go-ethereum.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, libobjc, IOKit }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, libobjc, IOKit, fetchpatch }:
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
-  name = "go-ethereum-${version}";
-  version = "1.8.26";
+  pname = "go-ethereum";
+  version = "1.8.27";
+
   goPackagePath = "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum";
 
   # Fix for usb-related segmentation faults on darwin
@@ -12,11 +13,22 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   # Fixes Cgo related build failures (see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/25959 )
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
 
+  # Apply ethereum/go-ethereum#19183 to fix the aarch64 build failure.
+  #
+  # TODO Remove this patch when upstream (https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)
+  # fix this problem in the future release.
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/39bd2609.patch";
+      sha256 = "1a362hzvcjk505hicv25kziy3c6s5an4j7rk4jibcxwgvygb3mz5";
+    })
+ ];
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ethereum";
-    repo = "go-ethereum";
+    repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0i7shrwix5j8l5i0ap5pzhninwyk2kvm1pax27pnnjlpam8577i4";
+    sha256 = "1640y7lqy7bvjjgx6wp0cnbw632ls5fj4ixclr819lfz4p5dfhx1";
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {