diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 967f62d7c9cd..10a0281b075c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
      (if stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl
       then substitute { src = ./mips64-default-n64.patch; replacements = [ "--replace" "gnuabi64" "muslabi64" ]; }
       else ./mips64-default-n64.patch)
+  # This patch fixes a bug in 2.40 on MinGW, which breaks DXVK when cross-building from Darwin.
+  # See https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30079
+  ++ lib.optional stdenv.targetPlatform.isMinGW ./mingw-abort-fix.patch
   ;
 
   outputs = [ "out" "info" "man" "dev" ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/mingw-abort-fix.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/mingw-abort-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b322d6ad7cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/mingw-abort-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From b7eab2a9d4f4e92692daf14b09fc95ca11b72e30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Matz <matz@suse.de>
+Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 15:29:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Fix PR30079: abort on mingw
+
+the early-out in wild_sort is not enough, it might still be
+that filenames are equal _and_ the wildcard list doesn't specify
+a sort order either.  Don't call compare_section then.
+
+Tested on all targets.
+---
+ ld/ldlang.c | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
+index 84a2914fc26..b5e0d026ae4 100644
+--- a/ld/ldlang.c
++++ b/ld/ldlang.c
+@@ -649,7 +649,8 @@ wild_sort (lang_wild_statement_type *wild,
+ 	 looking at the sections for this file.  */
+ 
+       /* Find the correct node to append this section.  */
+-      if (compare_section (sec->spec.sorted, section, (*tree)->section) < 0)
++      if (sec && sec->spec.sorted != none && sec->spec.sorted != by_none
++	  && compare_section (sec->spec.sorted, section, (*tree)->section) < 0)
+ 	tree = &((*tree)->left);
+       else
+ 	tree = &((*tree)->right);
+-- 
+2.31.1