diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
index fefd07b12043..d740a7ee673b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 , libffi, libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || targetPlatform.isMusl
+, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || (targetPlatform.isMusl && hostPlatform != targetPlatform)
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.3.nix
index 12e01a159a21..182afa6b3496 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.3.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 , libffi, libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || targetPlatform.isMusl
+, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || (targetPlatform.isMusl && hostPlatform != targetPlatform)
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix
index 9627e87f8bde..fb294d1fdbaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 , libffi, libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || targetPlatform.isMusl
+, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || (targetPlatform.isMusl && hostPlatform != targetPlatform)
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index 43e6473fc241..4c1e5d986dcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 , libffi, libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || targetPlatform.isMusl
+, useLLVM ? !targetPlatform.isx86 || (targetPlatform.isMusl && hostPlatform != targetPlatform)
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.