diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.4/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.4/lldb.nix
index cd498b5cf519..9d42d81923a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.4/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.4/lldb.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11"
     "-DLLDB_PATH_TO_LLVM_BUILD=${llvm}"
     "-DLLDB_PATH_TO_CLANG_BUILD=${clang}"
+    "-DLLDB_DISABLE_LIBEDIT=1" # https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28898
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.5/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.5/lldb.nix
index 8e7c8151df13..bbffa1a9a938 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.5/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.5/lldb.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11"
     "-DLLDB_PATH_TO_LLVM_BUILD=${llvm}"
     "-DLLDB_PATH_TO_CLANG_BUILD=${clang}"
+    "-DLLDB_DISABLE_LIBEDIT=1" # https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28898
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.6/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.6/lldb.nix
index 207971b81727..17f7f5793b98 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.6/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.6/lldb.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11"
     "-DLLDB_PATH_TO_LLVM_BUILD=${llvm}"
     "-DLLDB_PATH_TO_CLANG_BUILD=${clang-unwrapped}"
+    "-DLLDB_DISABLE_LIBEDIT=1" # https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28898
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/lldb.nix
index 434fdc7650ff..36f9cb1f1398 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/lldb.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DLLDB_PATH_TO_CLANG_BUILD=${clang-unwrapped}"
     "-DPYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR=2"
     "-DPYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=7"
+    "-DLLDB_DISABLE_LIBEDIT=1" # https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28898
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/lldb.nix
index 568476e44ac2..fe0dcfc83060 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/lldb.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DCLANG_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR=${clang-unwrapped}/include"
     "-DPYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR=2"
     "-DPYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=7"
+    "-DLLDB_DISABLE_LIBEDIT=1" # https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28898
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.9/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.9/lldb.nix
index 0acef48f57b4..55c00eb07fcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.9/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.9/lldb.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DLLVM_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR=${llvm}/include"
+    "-DLLDB_DISABLE_LIBEDIT=1" # https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28898
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;