diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
index f71cd922c10d..064610c3557b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ghc, perl, gmp, ncurses, libiconv }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ghc, perl, gmp, ncurses, libiconv, binutils, coreutils }:
 
 let
 
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # that in turn causes GHCi to abort
   stripDebugFlags = [ "-S" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) "--keep-file-symbols";
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # Patch scripts to include "readelf" and "cat" in $PATH.
+    for i in "$out/bin/"*; do
+      test ! -h $i || continue
+      egrep --quiet '^#!' <(head -n 1 $i) || continue
+      sed -i -e '2i export PATH="$PATH:${binutils}/bin:${coreutils}/bin"' $i
+    done
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
     description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";