diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index 3f6aeeeabcd0..5a1152cffb5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, targetPackages, fetchurl, noSysDirs
+{ stdenv, targetPackages, fetchurl, fetchpatch, noSysDirs
 , langC ? true, langCC ? true, langFortran ? false
 , langObjC ? targetPlatform.isDarwin
 , langObjCpp ? targetPlatform.isDarwin
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ let version = "7.3.0";
       [ ]
       ++ optional (targetPlatform != hostPlatform) ../libstdc++-target.patch
       ++ optional noSysDirs ../no-sys-dirs.patch
+      ++ optional (targetPlatform.libc == "musl") (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://git.busybox.net/buildroot/plain/package/gcc/7.1.0/0900-remove-selftests.patch?id=11271540bfe6adafbc133caf6b5b902a816f5f02";
+        sha256 = "0mrvxsdwip2p3l17dscpc1x8vhdsciqw1z5q9i6p5g9yg1cqnmgs";
+      })
       # The GNAT Makefiles did not pay attention to CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET for its
       # target libraries and tools.
       ++ optional langAda ../gnat-cflags.patch