diff --git a/ghc-7.8-arm-use-ld-gold.patch b/ghc-7.8-arm-use-ld-gold.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34d4e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghc-7.8-arm-use-ld-gold.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+armv7 by nomeata: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8976#comment:12
+arm64 backport of https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9673#comment:28 (erikd)
+
+--- ghc-7.8.4/aclocal.m4.24~	2015-04-01 04:48:39.961193022 -0400
++++ ghc-7.8.4/aclocal.m4	2015-04-01 04:50:19.708203082 -0400
+@@ -553,6 +553,14 @@
+         $3="$$3 -D_HPUX_SOURCE"
+         $5="$$5 -D_HPUX_SOURCE"
+         ;;
++    arm*)
++        # On arm, link using gold
++        $3="$$3 -fuse-ld=gold"
++        ;;
++    aarch64*)
++        # On arm, link using gold
++        $3="$$3 -fuse-ld=gold"
++        ;;
+     esac
+ 
+     # If gcc knows about the stack protector, turn it off.
+--- ghc-7.8.4/configure.ac~	2014-12-22 14:08:24.000000000 -0500
++++ ghc-7.8.4/configure.ac	2015-04-22 00:08:54.646110535 -0400
+@@ -587,7 +587,18 @@
+ dnl ** Which ld to use?
+ dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
+ FP_ARG_WITH_PATH_GNU_PROG([LD], [ld], [ld])
+-LdCmd="$LD"
++case $target in
++arm*linux* | aarch64*linux*)
++	# Arm requires use of the binutils ld.gold linker.
++	# This case should catch at least arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf and
++	# arm-linux-androideabi.
++	FP_ARG_WITH_PATH_GNU_PROG([LD_GOLD], [ld.gold], [ld.gold])
++	LdCmd="$LD_GOLD"
++	;;
++*)
++	LdCmd="$LD"
++	;;
++esac
+ AC_SUBST([LdCmd])
+ 
+ dnl ** Which nm to use?
diff --git a/ghc-config.mk.in-Enable-SMP-and-GHCi-support-for-Aarch64.patch b/ghc-config.mk.in-Enable-SMP-and-GHCi-support-for-Aarch64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ee0ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghc-config.mk.in-Enable-SMP-and-GHCi-support-for-Aarch64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 44cee4852282f63393d532aad59c5cd865ff3ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
+Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 04:46:01 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] mk/config.mk.in : Enable SMP and GHCi support for Aarch64.
+
+---
+ mk/config.mk.in | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: ghc-7.8.4/mk/config.mk.in
+===================================================================
+--- ghc-7.8.4.orig/mk/config.mk.in
++++ ghc-7.8.4/mk/config.mk.in
+@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ HaveLibDL = @HaveLibDL@
+ 
+ # ArchSupportsSMP should be set iff there is support for that arch in
+ # includes/stg/SMP.h
+-ArchSupportsSMP=$(strip $(patsubst $(TargetArch_CPP), YES, $(findstring $(TargetArch_CPP), i386 x86_64 sparc powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64le arm)))
++ArchSupportsSMP=$(strip $(patsubst $(TargetArch_CPP), YES, $(findstring $(TargetArch_CPP), i386 x86_64 sparc powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64le arm aarch64)))
+ 
+ GhcWithSMP := $(strip $(if $(filter YESNO, $(ArchSupportsSMP)$(GhcUnregisterised)),YES,NO))
+ 
+@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ GhcWithSMP := $(strip $(if $(filter YESN
+ # has support for this OS/ARCH combination.
+ 
+ OsSupportsGHCi=$(strip $(patsubst $(TargetOS_CPP), YES, $(findstring $(TargetOS_CPP), mingw32 cygwin32 linux solaris2 freebsd dragonfly netbsd openbsd darwin kfreebsdgnu)))
+-ArchSupportsGHCi=$(strip $(patsubst $(TargetArch_CPP), YES, $(findstring $(TargetArch_CPP), i386 x86_64 powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64le sparc sparc64 arm)))
++ArchSupportsGHCi=$(strip $(patsubst $(TargetArch_CPP), YES, $(findstring $(TargetArch_CPP), i386 x86_64 powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64le sparc sparc64 arm aarch64)))
+ 
+ ifeq "$(OsSupportsGHCi)$(ArchSupportsGHCi)" "YESYES"
+ GhcWithInterpreter=YES
diff --git a/ghc.spec b/ghc.spec
index 1979fe1..3912b6d 100644
--- a/ghc.spec
+++ b/ghc.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ BuildRequires:  docbook-utils
 BuildRequires:  docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
 %endif
-# Patch 19 changes build system
+%ifarch aarch64
+BuildRequires:  binutils-gold
+%endif
+
+# Patch 19 and 22 change build system
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 
@@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ Patch19:        0001-implement-native-code-generator-for-ppc64.patch
 Patch20:        ghc-glibc-2.20_BSD_SOURCE.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE add aarch64 support
 Patch21:        ghc-arm64.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM ghc-config.mk.in-Enable-SMP-and-GHCi-support-for-Aarch64.patch peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de -- Provide SMP implementation and enable GHCi on aarch64. Adapted from Fedora patch 26.
+Patch22:        ghc-config.mk.in-Enable-SMP-and-GHCi-support-for-Aarch64.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de -- GNU ld does not work with ghc on aarch64 so use Gold. Adapted from Fedora patch 24.
+Patch23:        ghc-7.8-arm-use-ld-gold.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -102,6 +110,9 @@ Requires:       ghc-base-devel
 Requires:       glibc-locale
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
+%ifarch aarch64
+Requires:       binutils-gold
+%endif
 
 %description compiler
 This package contains the GHC compiler, tools and utilities.
@@ -169,9 +180,16 @@ except the ghc library, which is installed by the toplevel ghc metapackage.
 %patch19 -p1
 %patch20 -p1
 %patch21 -p1
+%ifarch aarch64
+%patch22 -p1 -b .orig
+%endif
+
+%ifarch armv7hl aarch64
+%patch23 -p1 -b .24~
+%endif
 
 %build
-# Patch 19 modifies build system
+# Patch 19 and 22 modify build system
 perl boot
 
 # Check if bootstrap is required, i.e. version is different from ghc's version