diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index bf1f2c387ad9f..4b7201bb6ac9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ let
 in
 
 { pname
-, dontStrip ? (ghc.isGhcjs or false)
+# Note that ghc.isGhcjs != stdenv.hostPlatform.isGhcjs.
+# ghc.isGhcjs implies that we are using ghcjs, a project separate from GHC.
+# (mere) stdenv.hostPlatform.isGhcjs means that we are using GHC's JavaScript
+# backend. The latter is a normal cross compilation backend and needs little
+# special accomodation.
+, dontStrip ? (ghc.isGhcjs or false || stdenv.hostPlatform.isGhcjs)
 , version, revision ? null
 , sha256 ? null
 , src ? fetchurl { url = "mirror://hackage/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz"; inherit sha256; }
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ let
     # Pass the "wrong" C compiler rather than none at all so packages that just
     # use the C preproccessor still work, see
     # https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/6466 for details.
-    "--with-gcc=${(if stdenv.hasCC then stdenv else buildPackages.stdenv).cc.targetPrefix}cc"
+    "--with-gcc=${if stdenv.hasCC then "$CC" else "$CC_FOR_BUILD"}"
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.hasCC [
     "--with-ld=${stdenv.cc.bintools.targetPrefix}ld"
     "--with-ar=${stdenv.cc.bintools.targetPrefix}ar"
@@ -246,7 +251,10 @@ let
   allPkgconfigDepends = pkg-configDepends ++ libraryPkgconfigDepends ++ executablePkgconfigDepends ++
                         optionals doCheck testPkgconfigDepends ++ optionals doBenchmark benchmarkPkgconfigDepends;
 
-  depsBuildBuild = [ nativeGhc ];
+  depsBuildBuild = [ nativeGhc ]
+    # CC_FOR_BUILD may be necessary if we have no C preprocessor for the host
+    # platform. See crossCabalFlags above for more details.
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hasCC) [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   collectedToolDepends =
     buildTools ++ libraryToolDepends ++ executableToolDepends ++
     optionals doCheck testToolDepends ++
@@ -316,7 +324,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   inherit src;
 
   inherit depsBuildBuild nativeBuildInputs;
-  buildInputs = otherBuildInputs ++ optionals (!isLibrary) propagatedBuildInputs;
+  buildInputs = otherBuildInputs ++ optionals (!isLibrary) propagatedBuildInputs
+    # For patchShebangsAuto in fixupPhase
+    ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isGhcjs [ nodejs ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = optionals isLibrary propagatedBuildInputs;
 
   LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";         # GHC needs the locale configured during the Haddock phase.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8e15d2571837f..9202cb50281a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14550,10 +14550,13 @@ with pkgs;
   haskell = callPackage ./haskell-packages.nix { };
 
   haskellPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs
-    # Prefer native-bignum to avoid linking issues with gmp
-    (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
-       then haskell.packages.native-bignum.ghc92
-       else haskell.packages.ghc92);
+    # JS backend is only available for GHC >= 9.6
+    (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isGhcjs
+     then haskell.packages.native-bignum.ghcHEAD
+     # Prefer native-bignum to avoid linking issues with gmp
+     else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+     then haskell.packages.native-bignum.ghc92
+     else haskell.packages.ghc92);
 
   # haskellPackages.ghc is build->host (it exposes the compiler used to build the
   # set, similarly to stdenv.cc), but pkgs.ghc should be host->target to be more
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index 6eeda58a6c172..0acd119991b6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ in
   /* Javacript */
   ghcjs = mapTestOnCross lib.systems.examples.ghcjs {
     haskell.packages.ghcjs.hello = nativePlatforms;
+    haskell.packages.native-bignum.ghcHEAD.hello = nativePlatforms;
+    haskellPackages.hello = nativePlatforms;
   };
 
   /* Linux on Raspberrypi */
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
index 94f8352295670..ee7e64f1ffaa8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@ let
               ;
             };
           };
+
+      pkgsCross.ghcjs.haskellPackages = {
+        inherit (packagePlatforms pkgs.pkgsCross.ghcjs.haskellPackages)
+          ghc
+          hello
+        ;
+      };
     })
     (versionedCompilerJobs {
       # Packages which should be checked on more than the