diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
index 015d7dd95da8..8c1a6e27a769 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,53 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper }:
 
+let
+  options = rec {
+    x86_64-darwin = rec {
+      version = "1.1.8";
+      system = "x86-64-darwin";
+      sha256 = "006pr88053wclvbjfjdypnbiw8wymbzdzi7a6kbkpdfn4zf5943j";
+    };
+    x86_64-linux = rec {
+      version = "1.2.15";
+      system = "x86-64-linux";
+      sha256 = "1bpbfz9x2w73hy2kh8p0kd4m1p6pin90h2zycq52r3bbz8yv47aw";
+    };
+    i686-linux = rec {
+      version = "1.2.7";
+      system = "x86-linux";
+      sha256 = "07f3bz4br280qvn85i088vpzj9wcz8wmwrf665ypqx181pz2ai3j";
+    };
+    armv7l-linux = rec {
+      version = "1.2.14";
+      system = "armhf-linux";
+      sha256 = "0sp5445rbvms6qvzhld0kwwvydw51vq5iaf4kdqsf2d9jvaz3yx5";
+    };
+    armv6l-linux = armv7l-linux;
+  };
+  cfg = options.${stdenv.system};
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name    = "sbcl-bootstrap-${version}";
-  version = "1.1.8";
+  version = cfg.version;
 
-  src = if stdenv.isDarwin
-    then fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://sourceforge/project/sbcl/sbcl/1.1.8/sbcl-1.1.8-x86-64-darwin-binary.tar.bz2;
-      sha256 = "006pr88053wclvbjfjdypnbiw8wymbzdzi7a6kbkpdfn4zf5943j";
-    }
-    else fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://sourceforge/project/sbcl/sbcl/1.1.8/sbcl-1.1.8-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2;
-      sha256 = "0lh1jglxlfwk4cm6sgwk1jnb6ikhbrkx7p5aha2nbmkd6zl96prx";
-    };
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/sbcl/sbcl/${version}/sbcl-${version}-${cfg.system}-binary.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = cfg.sha256;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp -p src/runtime/sbcl $out/bin
     mkdir -p $out/share/sbcl
+    cp -p src/runtime/sbcl $out/share/sbcl
     cp -p output/sbcl.core $out/share/sbcl
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    makeWrapper $out/share/sbcl/sbcl $out/bin/sbcl \
+      --add-flags "--core $out/share/sbcl/sbcl.core"
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = if stdenv.isArm then "" else ''
+    patchelf --set-interpreter $(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker) $out/share/sbcl/sbcl
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
index c6d8db6751e9..534e54f03962 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, sbclBootstrap, clisp, which}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, sbclBootstrap, sbclBootstrapHost ? "${sbclBootstrap}/bin/sbcl --disable-debugger --no-userinit --no-sysinit", which }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name    = "sbcl-${version}";
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0l8nrf5qnr8c9hr6bn1kd86mnr2s37b493azh9rrk3v59f56wnnr";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ which ]
-    ++ (stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin sbclBootstrap)
-    ++ (stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux clisp)
-    ;
+  buildInputs = [ which ];
 
   patchPhase = ''
     echo '"${version}.nixos"' > version.lisp-expr
@@ -22,7 +19,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                (pushnew x features))
              (disable (x)
                (setf features (remove x features))))
-        (enable :sb-thread))) " > customize-target-features.lisp
+        #-arm
+        (enable :sb-thread)
+        #+arm
+        (enable :arm))) " > customize-target-features.lisp
 
     pwd
 
@@ -64,13 +64,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export HOME=$PWD/test-home
   '';
 
-  buildPhase = if stdenv.isLinux
-    then ''
-      sh make.sh clisp --prefix=$out
-    ''
-    else ''
-      sh make.sh --prefix=$out --xc-host='${sbclBootstrap}/bin/sbcl --core ${sbclBootstrap}/share/sbcl/sbcl.core --disable-debugger --no-userinit --no-sysinit'
-    '';
+  buildPhase = ''
+    sh make.sh --prefix=$out --xc-host="${sbclBootstrapHost}"
+  '';
 
   installPhase = ''
     INSTALL_ROOT=$out sh install.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 654b02c4f493..7ca074899520 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4701,9 +4701,7 @@ let
   rustfmt = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/rustfmt { };
 
   sbclBootstrap = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix {};
-  sbcl = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl {
-    clisp = clisp;
-  };
+  sbcl = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl {};
   # For StumpWM
   sbcl_1_2_5 = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl/1.2.5.nix {
     clisp = clisp;