diff --git a/ci.nix b/ci.nix
index 5b74cbe7ad..0fe57be863 100644
--- a/ci.nix
+++ b/ci.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
       ghc884 = true;
       ghc8101 = false;
       ghc8102 = true;
+      ghc8102-plutus = true;
     });
   systems = nixpkgs: nixpkgs.lib.filterAttrs (_: v: builtins.elem v supportedSystems) {
     # I wanted to take these from 'lib.systems.examples', but apparently there isn't one for linux!
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
     # We need to use the actual nixpkgs version we're working with here, since the values
     # of 'lib.systems.examples' are not understood between all versions
     let lib = nixpkgs.lib;
-    in lib.optionalAttrs (system == "x86_64-linux" && compiler-nix-name != "ghc8101" && compiler-nix-name != "ghc8102") {
+    in lib.optionalAttrs (system == "x86_64-linux" && compiler-nix-name != "ghc8101" && compiler-nix-name != "ghc8102" && compiler-nix-name != "ghc8102-plutus") {
     # Windows cross compilation is currently broken on macOS
     inherit (lib.systems.examples) mingwW64;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (system == "x86_64-linux") {
diff --git a/overlays/bootstrap.nix b/overlays/bootstrap.nix
index 04dea089e6..5275031d20 100644
--- a/overlays/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/overlays/bootstrap.nix
@@ -135,12 +135,6 @@ in {
                 ++ final.lib.optional (versionAtLeast "8.6.4" && versionLessThan "8.8") ./patches/ghc/ghc-no-system-linker.patch
 
                 ++ fromUntil "8.10.2" "8.12"   ./patches/ghc/MR3714-backported-to-8.10.2.patch
-
-                ++ fromUntil "8.8.3"  "8.9"    ./patches/ghc/ghc-8.8-ubxt.patch
-                ++ fromUntil "8.10.1" "8.11"   ./patches/ghc/ghc-8.10-ubxt.patch
-
-                ++ fromUntil "8.10.2" "8.12"   ./patches/ghc/core-field.patch
-                ++ fromUntil "8.10.2" "8.12"   ./patches/ghc/noinline-set-bit-if.patch
                 ;
         in ({
             ghc844 = final.callPackage ../compiler/ghc {
@@ -371,6 +365,27 @@ in {
 
                 ghc-patches = ghc-patches "8.10.2";
             };
+            # ghc 8.10.2 with patches needed by plutus
+            ghc8102-plutus = final.callPackage ../compiler/ghc {
+                extra-passthru = { buildGHC = final.buildPackages.haskell-nix.compiler.ghc8102; };
+
+                bootPkgs = bootPkgs // {
+                  ghc = final.buildPackages.buildPackages.haskell-nix.compiler.ghc884;
+                };
+                inherit sphinx installDeps;
+
+                buildLlvmPackages = final.buildPackages.llvmPackages_9;
+                llvmPackages = final.llvmPackages_9;
+
+                src-spec = rec {
+                    version = "8.10.2";
+                    url = "https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/${version}/ghc-${version}-src.tar.xz";
+                    sha256 = "02w8n085bw38vyp694j0lfk5wcnwkdaj7hhp0saj71x74533lmww";
+                };
+
+                ghc-patches = ghc-patches "8.10.2"
+                 ++ [ ./patches/ghc/ghc-8.10-ubxt.patch ];
+            };
         } // final.lib.optionalAttrs (final.targetPlatform.isGhcjs or false)
                 # This will inject `exactDeps` and `envDeps`  into the ghcjs
                 # compiler defined below.  This is crucial to build packages