diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mlton/20241230-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mlton/20241230-binary.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f73d1dfcbc75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mlton/20241230-binary.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  patchelf,
+  bash,
+  gmp,
+}:
+let
+  dynamic-linker = stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker;
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "mlton";
+  version = "20241230";
+
+  src =
+    if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux" then
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/MLton/mlton/releases/download/on-${version}-release/${pname}-${version}-1.amd64-linux.ubuntu-24.04_glibc2.39.tgz";
+        sha256 = "sha256-ldXnjHcWGu77LP9WL6vTC6FngzhxPFAUflAA+bpIFZM=";
+      })
+    else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-darwin" then
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/MLton/mlton/releases/download/on-${version}-release/${pname}-${version}-1.amd64-darwin.macos-13_gmp-static.tgz";
+        sha256 = "sha256-fW0hqjrWUcy+PIN8WHb1r4EYgfuwF9Zz3q7f2ZtxOi0=";
+      })
+    else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "aarch64-darwin" then
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/MLton/mlton/releases/download/on-${version}-release/${pname}-${version}-1.arm64-darwin.macos-15_gmp-static.tgz";
+        sha256 = "sha256-xhFP2plFjP/mbLz1CNtlZzkm0Kx6twfD/Dmn79Vj908=";
+      })
+    else
+      throw "Architecture not supported";
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    bash
+    gmp
+  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux patchelf;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    make update \
+      CC="$(type -p cc)" \
+      WITH_GMP_INC_DIR="${gmp.dev}/include" \
+      WITH_GMP_LIB_DIR="${gmp}/lib"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    make install PREFIX=$out
+  '';
+
+  postFixup =
+    lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+      patchelf --set-interpreter ${dynamic-linker} $out/lib/mlton/mlton-compile
+      patchelf --set-rpath ${gmp}/lib $out/lib/mlton/mlton-compile
+
+      for e in mllex mlnlffigen mlprof mlyacc; do
+        patchelf --set-interpreter ${dynamic-linker} $out/bin/$e
+        patchelf --set-rpath ${gmp}/lib $out/bin/$e
+      done
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      install_name_tool -change \
+        /opt/local/lib/libgmp.10.dylib \
+        ${gmp}/lib/libgmp.10.dylib \
+        $out/lib/mlton/mlton-compile
+
+      for e in mllex mlnlffigen mlprof mlyacc; do
+        install_name_tool -change \
+          /opt/local/lib/libgmp.10.dylib \
+          ${gmp}/lib/libgmp.10.dylib \
+          $out/bin/$e
+      done
+    '';
+
+  meta = import ./meta.nix { inherit lib; };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mlton/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mlton/default.nix
index 91d70e431ff3..b97be3512183 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/mlton/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mlton/default.nix
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-rqL8lnzVVR+5Hc7sWXK8dCXN92dU76qSoii3/4StODM=";
   };
 
+  mlton20241230Binary = callPackage ./20241230-binary.nix { };
+
   mlton20241230 = callPackage ./from-git-source.nix {
-    mltonBootstrap = mlton20210117Binary;
+    mltonBootstrap = mlton20241230Binary;
     version = "20241230";
     rev = "on-20241230-release";
     sha256 = "sha256-gJUzav2xH8C4Vy5FuqN73Z6lPMSPQgJApF8LgsJXRWo=";
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   mltonHEAD = callPackage ./from-git-source.nix {
-    mltonBootstrap = mlton20210117Binary;
+    mltonBootstrap = mlton20241230Binary;
     version = "HEAD";
     rev = "61baac7108fbd91413f0537b7a42d9a1023455f4";
     sha256 = "sha256-nWR7ZaXfKxeXfZ9IHipAQ39ASVtva4BeDHP3Zq8mqPo=";