diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index 20c7c0c145ef5..a7b34e3329d18 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ let
     darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     # Work around for ld64 crashes on x86_64-darwin. Remove once 11.0 becomes the default.
-    apple-sdk_11
+    (apple-sdk_11.override { enableBootstrap = true; })
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW [
     windows.dlfcn
     windows.mingw_w64_pthreads