diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix
index f8916d712b16..b8ad3c1192eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix
@@ -403,5 +403,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # `pkgsMusl`.
     platforms = builtins.attrNames ghcBinDists.${distSetName};
     maintainers = lib.teams.haskell.members;
+    # packages involving hsc2hs (clock) produce libraries our
+    # ld can't link against
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index b757c630420f..b0c098ddcaa8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ in {
           packages.ghc963
         else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLittleEndian then
           packages.ghc963
+        else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
+          # it seems like the GHC 9.6.* bindists are built with a different
+          # toolchain than we are using (which I'm guessing from the fact
+          # that 9.6.4 bindists pass linker flags our ld doesn't support).
+          # With both 9.6.3 and 9.6.4 binary it is impossible to link against
+          # the clock package (probably a hsc2hs problem).
+          packages.ghc963
         else
           packages.ghc963Binary;
       inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
@@ -316,6 +323,13 @@ in {
           packages.ghc963
         else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLittleEndian then
           packages.ghc963
+        else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
+          # it seems like the GHC 9.6.* bindists are built with a different
+          # toolchain than we are using (which I'm guessing from the fact
+          # that 9.6.4 bindists pass linker flags our ld doesn't support).
+          # With both 9.6.3 and 9.6.4 binary it is impossible to link against
+          # the clock package (probably a hsc2hs problem).
+          packages.ghc963
         else
           packages.ghc963Binary;
       inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
@@ -335,6 +349,13 @@ in {
           packages.ghc963
         else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLittleEndian then
           packages.ghc963
+        else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
+          # it seems like the GHC 9.6.* bindists are built with a different
+          # toolchain than we are using (which I'm guessing from the fact
+          # that 9.6.4 bindists pass linker flags our ld doesn't support).
+          # With both 9.6.3 and 9.6.4 binary it is impossible to link against
+          # the clock package (probably a hsc2hs problem).
+          packages.ghc963
         else
           packages.ghc963Binary;
       inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;