diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2.nix
index 41aa5e16ba14..fac12099d5db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs
-, autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchurl, perl, python3, m4, sphinx
+, autoconf, automake, coreutils, fetchpatch, fetchurl, perl, python3, m4, sphinx
 , bash
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18549
   patches = [
     ./issue-18549.patch
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # Make Block.h compile with c++ compilers. Remove with the next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/97d0b0a367e4c6a52a17c3299439ac7de129da24.patch";
+      sha256 = "0r4zjj0bv1x1m2dgxp3adsf2xkr94fjnyj1igsivd9ilbs5ja0b5";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = "patchShebangs .";