diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index c707d0daec89..71b438c80519 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ] ++ (if enableShared
       then [ "--enable-shared" "--disable-static" ]
       else [ "--disable-shared" "--enable-static" ])
+  ++ (lib.optionals (stdenv.cc.bintools.isLLVM && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.cc.bintools.version "17") [
+      # lld17+ passes `--no-undefined-version` by default and makes this a hard
+      # error; libctf.ver version script references symbols that aren't present.
+      #
+      # This is fixed upstream and can be removed with the future release of 2.43.
+      # For now we allow this with `--undefined-version`:
+      "LDFLAGS=-Wl,--undefined-version"
+  ])
   ;
 
   # Fails