diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
index 284705e88d33..e48db6c9928b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0dya49bnhianl0r65m65xndz6ls2jn1xngyn72gd28ls3n7bnvnh";
   };
 
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isCygwin ./3.2.1-cygwin.patch;
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isCygwin ./3.2.1-cygwin.patch ++
+    stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isAarch64 (fetchurl {
+      url = https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libffi/raw/ccffc1700abfadb0969495a6e51b964117fc03f6/f/libffi-aarch64-rhbz1174037.patch;
+      sha256 = "1vpirrgny43hp0885rswgv3xski8hg7791vskpbg3wdjdpb20wbc";
+    });
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "info" ];