diff --git a/pkgs/test/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/test/texlive/default.nix
index cea3e621ebf7..ae0e913a7600 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/texlive/default.nix
@@ -222,10 +222,7 @@
         "convertgls2bib" "ctan-o-mat" "ctanify" "ctanupload" "dtxgen" "ebong" "epspdftk" "exceltex" "gsx" "htcontext"
         "installfont-tl" "kanji-fontmap-creator" "ketcindy" "latex-git-log" "latex2nemeth" "ltxfileinfo" "match_parens"
         "pdfannotextractor" "purifyeps" "pythontex" "svn-multi" "texexec" "texosquery" "texosquery-jre5"
-        "texosquery-jre8" "texplate" "tlcockpit" "tlmgr" "tlshell" "ulqda" "xhlatex" ]
-        # texluajitc is seemingly outdated and broken on native Linux aarch64
-        # some info at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/239804#issuecomment-1609832232
-        ++ lib.optional (with stdenv; isAarch64 && isLinux) "texluajitc";
+        "texosquery-jre8" "texplate" "tlcockpit" "tlmgr" "tlshell" "ulqda" "xhlatex" ];
       # (1) binaries requiring -v
       shortVersion = [ "devnag" "diadia" "pmxchords" "ptex2pdf" "simpdftex" "ttf2afm" ];
       # (1) binaries requiring --help or -h
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index c66a776cccc3..c62b1165bba5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -214,6 +214,16 @@ core-big = stdenv.mkDerivation { #TODO: upmendex
       excludes = [  "build.sh" ];
       stripLen = 1;
     })
+    # Fixes texluajitc crashes on aarch64, backport of the upstream fix
+    # https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commit/e9af1abec542e6f9851ff2368e7f196b6382a44c
+    # to the version vendored by texlive (2.1.0-beta3)
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "luajit-fix-aarch64-linux.patch";
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/void-linux/void-packages/master/srcpkgs/LuaJIT/patches/e9af1abec542e6f9851ff2368e7f196b6382a44c.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-ysSZmfpfCFMukfHmIqwofAZux1e2kEq/37lfqp7HoWo=";
+      stripLen = 1;
+      extraPrefix = "libs/luajit/LuaJIT-src/";
+    })
   ];
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];