diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.13.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.13.nix
index dd0eba508daa..0111a4b065c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.13.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.13.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, patchelf }:
 
+# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
+# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
+# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
+# files.
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "patchelf";
   version = "0.13.1";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cdf049f550d6..d72316c089c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15799,9 +15799,15 @@ with pkgs;
 
   parse-cli-bin = callPackage ../development/tools/parse-cli-bin { };
 
-  patchelf = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf { };
+  patchelf = if with stdenv.buildPlatform; isAarch64 && isMusl then
+    patchelf_0_13
+  else
+    patchelf_0_14;
   patchelf_0_9 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.9.nix { };
-  patchelf_0_13 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.13.nix { };
+  patchelf_0_13 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.13.nix {
+    patchelf = patchelf_0_14;
+  };
+  patchelf_0_14 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf { };
 
   patchelfUnstable = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix { });