diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
index 23a82f483dc..c66e4ba44ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl, which
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, perl, which
 # Most packages depending on openblas expect integer width to match
 # pointer width, but some expect to use 32-bit integers always
 # (for compatibility with reference BLAS).
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "14jxh0v3jfbw4mfjx4mcz4dd51lyq7pqvh9k8dg94539ypzjr2lj";
   };
 
+  # apply https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/pull/3060 to fix a crash on arm
+  # remove this when updating to 0.3.14 or newer
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "label-get_cpu_ftr-as-volatile.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/6fe0f1fab9d6a7f46d71d37ebb210fbf56924fbc.diff";
+      sha256 = "06gwh73k4sas1ap2fi3jvpifbjkys2vhmnbj4mzrsvj279ljsfdk";
+    })
+  ];
+
   inherit blas64;
 
   # Some hardening features are disabled due to sporadic failures in