diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix
index f0514b71e9cd..e223ef157df9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@
 , # Whether to disable the large address space allocator
   # necessary fix for iOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4ttdz1/building_an_osxi386_to_iosarm64_cross_compiler/d5qvd67/
   disableLargeAddressSpace ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
+
+, # Whether to build an unregisterised version of GHC.
+  # GHC will normally auto-detect whether it can do a registered build, but this
+  # option will force it to do an unregistered build when set to true.
+  # See https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/building/unregisterised
+  enableUnregisterised ? false
 }@args:
 
 assert !enableIntegerSimple -> gmp != null;
@@ -390,6 +396,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     "CONF_GCC_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE2=-fuse-ld=gold"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (disableLargeAddressSpace) [
     "--disable-large-address-space"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals enableUnregisterised [
+    "--enable-unregisterised"
   ];
 
   # Make sure we never relax`$PATH` and hooks support for compatibility.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
index 4487eac6c378..f534ad3afd3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@
 , # Whether to disable the large address space allocator
   # necessary fix for iOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4ttdz1/building_an_osxi386_to_iosarm64_cross_compiler/d5qvd67/
   disableLargeAddressSpace ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
+
+, # Whether to build an unregisterised version of GHC.
+  # GHC will normally auto-detect whether it can do a registered build, but this
+  # option will force it to do an unregistered build when set to true.
+  # See https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/building/unregisterised
+  enableUnregisterised ? false
 }:
 
 assert !enableNativeBignum -> gmp != null;
@@ -500,6 +506,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     # https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/23188
     # https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8882
     "fp_cv_prog_ar_supports_dash_l=no"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals enableUnregisterised [
+    "--enable-unregisterised"
   ];
 
   # Make sure we never relax`$PATH` and hooks support for compatibility.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix
index 4dff963c8551..e8cec98aaa36 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
 , # Whether to disable the large address space allocator
   # necessary fix for iOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4ttdz1/building_an_osxi386_to_iosarm64_cross_compiler/d5qvd67/
   disableLargeAddressSpace ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
+
+, # Whether to build an unregisterised version of GHC.
+  # GHC will normally auto-detect whether it can do a registered build, but this
+  # option will force it to do an unregistered build when set to true.
+  # See https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/building/unregisterised
+  # Registerised RV64 compiler produces programs that segfault
+  # See https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/23957
+  enableUnregisterised ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV64 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isRiscV64
 }:
 
 assert !enableNativeBignum -> gmp != null;
@@ -401,6 +409,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     "CONF_GCC_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE2=-fuse-ld=gold"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (disableLargeAddressSpace) [
     "--disable-large-address-space"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals enableUnregisterised [
+    "--enable-unregisterised"
   ];
 
   # Make sure we never relax`$PATH` and hooks support for compatibility.