diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index f7d16a89df86f8..f2b98e541e81ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ assert enableSplitObjs == null;
 let
 
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals optionalString versionOlder versionAtLeast
-                       concatStringsSep enableFeature optionalAttrs toUpper;
+                       concatStringsSep enableFeature optionalAttrs toUpper
+                       filter makeLibraryPath;
 
   isGhcjs = ghc.isGhcjs or false;
   isHaLVM = ghc.isHaLVM or false;
@@ -330,6 +331,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
         export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}="${ghcEnv}/bin/${ghcCommand}"
         export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}PKG="${ghcEnv}/bin/${ghcCommand}-pkg"
         export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_DOCDIR="${ghcEnv}/share/doc/ghc/html"
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:}${
+          makeLibraryPath (filter (x: !isNull x) systemBuildInputs)
+        }"
         ${if isHaLVM
             then ''export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_LIBDIR="${ghcEnv}/lib/HaLVM-${ghc.version}"''
             else ''export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_LIBDIR="${ghcEnv}/lib/${ghcCommand}-${ghc.version}"''}