diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
index 25eabc769aa5..100bb87768b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       find . -type f -perm -0100 \
           -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
           --set-rpath "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ "$out" gmp ]}" {} \;
+
+      paxmark m ./ghc-${version}/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2
+
       sed -i "s|/usr/bin/perl|perl\x00        |" ghc-${version}/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2
       sed -i "s|/usr/bin/gcc|gcc\x00        |" ghc-${version}/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2
       for prog in ld ar gcc strip ranlib; do