diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index d84db5279519..643f71f9f874 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -171,7 +171,13 @@ self: super: {
     else dontCheck super.fsnotify;
 
   double-conversion = if !pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
-    then addExtraLibrary super.double-conversion pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+    then addExtraLibrary
+           # https://github.com/bos/double-conversion/pull/17
+           (appendPatch super.double-conversion (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+              url = "https://github.com/basvandijk/double-conversion/commit/0927e347d53dbd96d1949930e728cc2471dd4b14.patch";
+              sha256 = "042yqbq5p6nc9nymmbz9hgp51dlc5asaj9bf91kw5fph6dw2hwg9";
+           }))
+           pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib
     else addExtraLibrary (overrideCabal super.double-conversion (drv:
       {
         postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
index 912d26c806c7..f88f2f2cf54b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ rec {
     fixupPhase = ":";
   });
 
+  linkWithGold = drv : appendConfigureFlag drv
+    "--ghc-option=-optl-fuse-ld=gold --ld-option=-fuse-ld=gold --with-ld=ld.gold";
+
   # link executables statically against haskell libs to reduce closure size
   justStaticExecutables = drv: overrideCabal drv (drv: {
     enableSharedExecutables = false;