diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
index 52fb926cdc68..96ad43e2e054 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || (stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl && stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform)
+, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || (stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl && stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform) || stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
index cdbcb8e1aedc..ae6a870bd4ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 , # GHC can be built with system libffi or a bundled one.
   libffi ? null
 
-, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86
+, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
index 95bbab3cb3e1..5719548a0121 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 , # GHC can be built with system libffi or a bundled one.
   libffi ? null
 
-, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86
+, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index b78f5bc2204c..159e05fa7770 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86
+, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.