diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.0.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.0.2.nix
index f5f0c9317147..6be098972ee4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.0.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.0.2.nix
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
     # fix hyperlinked haddock sources: https://github.com/haskell/haddock/pull/1482
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/haskell/haddock/pull/1482.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4.nix
index 6aa87a152015..3ed263a43325 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4.nix
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
     # fix hyperlinked haddock sources: https://github.com/haskell/haddock/pull/1482
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/haskell/haddock/pull/1482.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.5.nix
index c5aa5897761e..6246630f5495 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.5.nix
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
     # fix hyperlinked haddock sources: https://github.com/haskell/haddock/pull/1482
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/haskell/haddock/pull/1482.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.6.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.6.nix
index 651ff1e7d44b..124303c0c81a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.6.nix
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
     # fix hyperlinked haddock sources: https://github.com/haskell/haddock/pull/1482
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/haskell/haddock/pull/1482.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.7.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.7.nix
index 74c0088473b8..a627f74179bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.7.nix
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
     # fix hyperlinked haddock sources: https://github.com/haskell/haddock/pull/1482
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/haskell/haddock/pull/1482.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.8.nix
index 973e62f95539..a0451f57c6ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.8.nix
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
     # fix hyperlinked haddock sources: https://github.com/haskell/haddock/pull/1482
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/haskell/haddock/pull/1482.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.2.nix
index 3c51fb981afd..7b921ecc441f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.2.nix
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64) [
     # Prevent the paths module from emitting symbols that we don't use
     # when building with separate outputs.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.3.nix
index 87ce19f66054..2bddbea7bc7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.3.nix
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64) [
     # Prevent the paths module from emitting symbols that we don't use
     # when building with separate outputs.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.4.nix
index fa184a6fe171..e7465a950042 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.4.nix
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64) [
     # Prevent the paths module from emitting symbols that we don't use
     # when building with separate outputs.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.5.nix
index 91032cb03d6e..9442f2bf19b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.5.nix
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/10e94a556b4f90769b7fd718b9790d58ae566600.patch";
       sha256 = "0kmhfamr16w8gch0lgln2912r8aryjky1hfcda3jkcwa5cdzgjdv";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64) [
     # Prevent the paths module from emitting symbols that we don't use
     # when building with separate outputs.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.6.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.6.nix
index 3b0bef212a06..b64b3ba5ec6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.6.nix
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       extraPrefix = "libraries/Cabal/";
       sha256 = "sha256-yRQ6YmMiwBwiYseC5BsrEtDgFbWvst+maGgDtdD0vAY=";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
 
     # Work around a type not being defined when including Rts.h in bytestring's cbits
     # due to missing feature macros. See https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/23810.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.7.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.7.nix
index 48cec53e3b18..7ee135a13b44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.4.7.nix
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       extraPrefix = "libraries/Cabal/";
       sha256 = "sha256-yRQ6YmMiwBwiYseC5BsrEtDgFbWvst+maGgDtdD0vAY=";
     })
+    ./docs-sphinx-7.patch
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64) [
     # Prevent the paths module from emitting symbols that we don't use
     # when building with separate outputs.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
index e876c4be0af7..912e16423c50 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  patches = [
+    (if lib.versionAtLeast version "9.8"
+      then ./docs-sphinx-7-ghc98.patch
+      else ./docs-sphinx-7.patch )
+  ];
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs --build .
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/docs-sphinx-7-ghc98.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/docs-sphinx-7-ghc98.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fc1a0f21561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/docs-sphinx-7-ghc98.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Fix build of docs after sphinx update.
+https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/11381
+https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/24129
+--- a/docs/users_guide/rtd-theme/layout.html
++++ b/docs/users_guide/rtd-theme/layout.html
+@@ -28 +28 @@
+-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ pathto('_static/' + style, 1) }}" type="text/css" />
++    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ pathto('_static/' + styles[-1], 1) }}" type="text/css" />
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/docs-sphinx-7.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/docs-sphinx-7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49fa45d1b9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/docs-sphinx-7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Fix build of docs after sphinx update.
+https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/11381
+https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/24129
+--- a/docs/users_guide/rtd-theme/layout.html
++++ b/docs/users_guide/rtd-theme/layout.html
+@@ -67 +67 @@
+-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ pathto('_static/' + style, 1) }}" type="text/css" />
++  <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ pathto('_static/' + styles[-1], 1) }}" type="text/css" />