diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 850529f06bdf..627bbf71769e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2766,10 +2766,6 @@ self: super: {
   # Get rid of this in the next release: https://github.com/kowainik/tomland/commit/37f16460a6dfe4606d48b8b86c13635d409442cd
   tomland = doJailbreak super.tomland;
 
-  llvm-ffi = super.llvm-ffi.override {
-    LLVM = pkgs.llvmPackages_13.libllvm;
-  };
-
   # libfuse3 fails to mount fuse file systems within the build environment
   libfuse3 = dontCheck super.libfuse3;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index 71364c6a7476..2830751c9b0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -3281,7 +3281,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - ll-picosat # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233206257 at 2023-09-02
   - llsd # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233241590 at 2023-09-02
   - llvm-base # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233244366 at 2023-09-02
-  - llvm-ffi # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/237230725 at 2023-10-21
   - llvm-general-pure # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233246430 at 2023-09-02
   - llvm-hs # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233205149 at 2023-09-02
   - llvm-ht # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233203770 at 2023-09-02
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
index 47ac2ef1e56d..1d8a70264bba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ package-maintainers:
     - latex
     - lazyio
     - linear-programming
+    - llvm-ffi
     - markov-chain
     - midi
     - midi-alsa
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index cecd27e023da..dd996ada782c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -490,6 +490,17 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   # requires llvm 9 specifically https://github.com/llvm-hs/llvm-hs/#building-from-source
   llvm-hs = super.llvm-hs.override { llvm-config = pkgs.llvm_9; };
 
+  # llvm-ffi needs a specific version of LLVM which we hard code here. Since we
+  # can't use pkg-config (LLVM has no official .pc files), we need to pass the
+  # `dev` and `lib` output in, or Cabal will have trouble finding the library.
+  # Since it looks a bit neater having it in a list, we circumvent the singular
+  # LLVM input here.
+  llvm-ffi =
+    addBuildDepends [
+      pkgs.llvmPackages_16.llvm.lib
+      pkgs.llvmPackages_16.llvm.dev
+    ] (super.llvm-ffi.override { LLVM = null; });
+
   # Needs help finding LLVM.
   spaceprobe = addBuildTool self.buildHaskellPackages.llvmPackages.llvm super.spaceprobe;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 18a751666ddf..5e775cefa028 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -190350,8 +190350,7 @@ self: {
        librarySystemDepends = [ LLVM ];
        description = "FFI bindings to the LLVM compiler toolkit";
        license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-       hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
-       broken = true;
+       maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.thielema ];
      }) {LLVM = null;};
 
   "llvm-ffi-tools" = callPackage