diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc/template b/srcpkgs/ghc/template
index 12a1a8235db..e81da479cf0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc/template
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ distfiles="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/${version%[!0-9]}/${pkgname}-${versio
 checksum=e0dcc0aaf3e234c5978f29e6df62947e97720ab404ec0158343df211c5480f89
 patch_args="-Np1"
 nocross=yes  # ask leah2 before wasting time trying to do that
+nodebug=yes  # Work around assembler error "Fatal error: duplicate .debug_line sections"
 _bindir="/usr/lib/${pkgname}-${version}/bin"
 nopie_files="
  ${_bindir}/ghc