diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
index 6ab217245156..f3435169bce8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # This patch removes using the -fobjc-arc compiler option and makes the code
     # compile without automatic reference counting. Caveat: this leaks memory, but
     # we accept this fact because xcode_locator is only a short-lived process used during the build.
-    ./no-arc.patch
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./no-arc.patch;
+      multiBinPatch = if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "aarch64-darwin" then "-arch arm64 -Wl,-no_adhoc_codesign" else "";
+    })
 
     # --experimental_strict_action_env (which may one day become the default
     # see bazelbuild/bazel#2574) hardcodes the default
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/no-arc.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/no-arc.patch
index b4483311d31d..b41e193876dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/no-arc.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/no-arc.patch
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ index 990afe3e8c..cd5b7b1b7a 100644
 -  /usr/bin/xcrun --sdk macosx clang -mmacosx-version-min=10.9 -fobjc-arc -framework CoreServices \
 -      -framework Foundation -arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -Wl,-no_adhoc_codesign -Wl,-no_uuid -o $@ $< && \
 +  /usr/bin/xcrun --sdk macosx clang -mmacosx-version-min=10.9 -framework CoreServices \
-+      -framework Foundation -arch x86_64 -Wl,-no_uuid -o $@ $< && \
++      -framework Foundation -arch x86_64 @multiBinPatch@ -Wl,-no_uuid -o $@ $< && \
    env -i codesign --identifier $@ --force --sign - $@
  """