diff --git a/pkgs/tools/bootloaders/refind/0001-toolchain.patch b/pkgs/tools/bootloaders/refind/0001-toolchain.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13c4c88f95f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/bootloaders/refind/0001-toolchain.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/Make.common b/Make.common
+index 3f0b919..ee365f5 100644
+--- a/Make.common
++++ b/Make.common
+@@ -33,22 +33,6 @@ ARCH            ?= $(HOSTARCH)
+ 
+ # Note: TIANOBASE is defined in master Makefile and exported
+ GENFW           = $(TIANOBASE)/BaseTools/Source/C/bin/GenFw
+-prefix          = /usr/bin/
+-ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)
+-  CC            = $(prefix)aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
+-  AS            = $(prefix)aarch64-linux-gnu-as
+-  LD            = $(prefix)aarch64-linux-gnu-ld
+-  AR            = $(prefix)aarch64-linux-gnu-ar
+-  RANLIB        = $(prefix)aarch64-linux-gnu-ranlib
+-  OBJCOPY       = $(prefix)aarch64-linux-gnu-objcopy
+-else
+-  CC            = $(prefix)gcc
+-  AS            = $(prefix)as
+-  LD            = $(prefix)ld
+-  AR            = $(prefix)ar
+-  RANLIB        = $(prefix)ranlib
+-  OBJCOPY       = $(prefix)objcopy
+-endif
+ 
+ ifeq ($(MAKEWITH),TIANO)
+ # Below file defines TARGET (RELEASE or DEBUG) and TOOL_CHAIN_TAG (GCC44, GCC45, GCC46, or GCC47)
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/bootloaders/refind/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/bootloaders/refind/default.nix
index bc84edeb21b7..0cdcd4c58df4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/bootloaders/refind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/bootloaders/refind/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ let
   archids = {
     "x86_64-linux" = { hostarch = "x86_64"; efiPlatform = "x64"; };
     "i686-linux" = rec { hostarch = "ia32"; efiPlatform = hostarch; };
+    "aarch64-linux" = rec { hostarch = "aarch64"; efiPlatform = "aa64"; };
   };
 
   inherit
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1bjd0dl77bc5k6g3kc7s8m57vpbg2zscph9qh84xll9rc10g3fir";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-toolchain.patch
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ gnu-efi ];
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "stackprotector" ];
@@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "GNUEFILIB=${gnu-efi}/lib"
       "EFICRT0=${gnu-efi}/lib"
       "HOSTARCH=${hostarch}"
+      "ARCH=${hostarch}"
     ];
 
   buildFlags = [ "gnuefi" "fs_gnuefi" ];
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     homepage = http://refind.sourceforge.net/;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
   };