diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index 89ffae4b3d18..b381243ff5bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 # platform-specific dependencies
 , bash
+, apple-sdk_11
 , darwin
 , windows
 
@@ -177,6 +178,9 @@ let
     bluez
   ] ++ optionals enableFramework [
     darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
+  ] ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # Work around for ld64 crashes on x86_64-darwin. Remove once 11.0 becomes the default.
+    apple-sdk_11
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW [
     windows.dlfcn
     windows.mingw_w64_pthreads
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
index 1ae60ab4d821..cee3f98e9031 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ assert bootstrapTools.passthru.isFromBootstrapFiles or false; # sanity check
           self = self.python3-bootstrap;
           pythonAttr = "python3-bootstrap";
           enableLTO = false;
+          # Workaround for ld64 crashes on x86_64-darwin. Remove after 11.0 is made the default.
+          inherit (prevStage) apple-sdk_11;
         };
 
         scons = super.scons.override { python3Packages = self.python3.pkgs; };