diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
index 8bdbbadc9d60d..eaf1ff24d3e7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 let
   options = rec {
+    aarch64-darwin = {
+      version = "2.1.2";
+      system = "arm64-darwin";
+      sha256 = "sha256-H0ALigXcWIypdA+fTf7jERscwbb7QIAfcoxCtGDh0RU=";
+    };
     x86_64-darwin = {
       version = "1.2.11";
       system = "x86-64-darwin";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/common.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/common.nix
index 11ae960a53171..b020eeafc5cbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/common.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, writeText, sbclBootstrap
 , sbclBootstrapHost ? "${sbclBootstrap}/bin/sbcl --disable-debugger --no-userinit --no-sysinit"
-, threadSupport ? (stdenv.isi686 || stdenv.isx86_64 || "aarch64-linux" == stdenv.hostPlatform.system)
+, threadSupport ? (stdenv.isi686 || stdenv.isx86_64 || "aarch64-linux" == stdenv.hostPlatform.system || "aarch64-darwin" == stdenv.hostPlatform.system)
 , disableImmobileSpace ? false
   # Meant for sbcl used for creating binaries portable to non-NixOS via save-lisp-and-die.
   # Note that the created binaries still need `patchelf --set-interpreter ...`
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                   lib.concatStringsSep " "
                     (builtins.map (x: "--with-${x}") enableFeatures ++
                      builtins.map (x: "--without-${x}") disableFeatures)
-                }
+                } ${if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "aarch64-darwin" then "--arch=arm64" else ""}
     (cd doc/manual ; make info)
 
     runHook postBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
index bbc171a8d9863..1784bf672b318 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import ./common.nix {
-  version = "2.0.8";
-  sha256 = "1xwrwvps7drrpyw3wg5h3g2qajmkwqs9gz0fdw1ns9adp7vld390";
+  version = "2.1.2";
+  sha256 = "sha256-t3EFUJOYVe1JWYxKAUSD7RILaZFliio7avpHcT3OTAs=";
 }