diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/disable-aarch64-single-precision-tests.patch b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/disable-aarch64-single-precision-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9f4c1c475d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/disable-aarch64-single-precision-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+--- i/test/tqr1up.f
++++ w/test/tqr1up.f
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+       m = 60
+       n = 40
+       write (*,*) 'sqr1up test (full factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,0)
++c     call stest(m,n,0)
+       write (*,*) 'dqr1up test (full factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,0)
+       write (*,*) 'cqr1up test (full factorization):'
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+       call ztest(m,n,0)
+
+       write (*,*) 'sqr1up test (economized factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,1)
++c     call stest(m,n,1)
+       write (*,*) 'dqr1up test (economized factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,1)
+       write (*,*) 'cqr1up test (economized factorization):'
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+       m = 40
+       n = 60
+       write (*,*) 'sqr1up test (rows < columns):'
+-      call stest(m,n,0)
++c     call stest(m,n,0)
+       write (*,*) 'dqr1up test (rows < columns):'
+       call dtest(m,n,0)
+       write (*,*) 'cqr1up test (rows < columns):'
+--- i/test/tqrdec.f
++++ w/test/tqrdec.f
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+       n = 40
+       j = 12
+       write (*,*) 'sqrdec test (full factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,j,0)
++c     call stest(m,n,j,0)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrdec test (full factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,j,0)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrdec test (full factorization):'
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
+       call ztest(m,n,j,0)
+
+       write (*,*) 'sqrdec test (economized factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,j,1)
++c     call stest(m,n,j,1)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrdec test (economized factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,j,1)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrdec test (economized factorization):'
+--- i/test/tqrder.f
++++ w/test/tqrder.f
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+       n = 40
+       j = 30
+       write (*,*) 'sqrder test (full factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,j)
++c     call stest(m,n,j)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrder test (full factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,j)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrder test (full factorization):'
+--- i/test/tqrinc.f
++++ w/test/tqrinc.f
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+       n = 40
+       j = 28
+       write (*,*) 'sqrinc test (full factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,j,0)
++c     call stest(m,n,j,0)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrinc test (full factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,j,0)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrinc test (full factorization):'
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
+       call ztest(m,n,j,0)
+
+       write (*,*) 'sqrinc test (economized factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,j,1)
++c     call stest(m,n,j,1)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrinc test (economized factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,j,1)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrinc test (economized factorization):'
+--- i/test/tqrinr.f
++++ w/test/tqrinr.f
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+       n = 40
+       j = 30
+       write (*,*) 'sqrinr test (full factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,j)
++c     call stest(m,n,j)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrinr test (full factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,j)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrinr test (full factorization):'
+--- i/test/tqrshc.f
++++ w/test/tqrshc.f
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
+       i = 20
+       j = 40
+       write (*,*) 'sqrshc test (left shift, full factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,i,j,0)
++c     call stest(m,n,i,j,0)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrshc test (left shift, full factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,i,j,0)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrshc test (left shift, full factorization):'
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+       i = 40
+       j = 20
+       write (*,*) 'sqrshc test (right shift, economized factorization):'
+-      call stest(m,n,i,j,1)
++c     call stest(m,n,i,j,1)
+       write (*,*) 'dqrshc test (right shift, economized factorization):'
+       call dtest(m,n,i,j,1)
+       write (*,*) 'cqrshc test (right shift, economized factorization):'
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix
index ed7974a8be76..9dd97a281227 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix
@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DBLA_VENDOR=Generic"
     ];
 
-  # https://github.com/mpimd-csc/qrupdate-ng/issues/4
-  patches = lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) [
-    ./disable-zch1dn-test.patch
-  ];
+  patches =
+    # https://github.com/mpimd-csc/qrupdate-ng/issues/4
+    lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) [
+      ./disable-zch1dn-test.patch
+    ]
+    # https://github.com/mpimd-csc/qrupdate-ng/issues/7
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) [
+      ./disable-aarch64-single-precision-tests.patch
+    ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed '/^cmake_minimum_required/Is/VERSION [0-9]\.[0-9]/VERSION 3.5/' -i ./CMakeLists.txt