diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index c52bcb3ecc..44231b3095 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/calibre-no-updates-dialog.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/calibre-remove-test-sqlite.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/calibre-remove-test-unrar.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/camlboot-dynamically-allocate-stack-signal.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/catdoc-CVE-2017-11110.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/chez-scheme-bin-sh.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/circos-remove-findbin.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
index 1487ed9337..8e7fb58c72 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ (define-public camlboot
                 (sha256
                  (base32
                   "1f5gl3hzvixbgk0v3kmxiyn432znyy3jh5fa65cfzcaxzgfv1i1c"))
+                (patches (search-patches
+                           "camlboot-dynamically-allocate-stack-signal.patch"))
                 (modules '((guix build utils)))
                 (snippet
                  `(begin
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/camlboot-dynamically-allocate-stack-signal.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/camlboot-dynamically-allocate-stack-signal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d27232214b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/camlboot-dynamically-allocate-stack-signal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+From 883d68803d17d6f64cdabf2c8ef846345e2d0094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
+Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 10:20:19 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Dynamically allocate the alternate signal stack.
+
+This patch is a backport of https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/10266.
+---
+ ocaml-src/asmrun/signals_asm.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/ocaml-src/asmrun/signals_asm.c b/ocaml-src/asmrun/signals_asm.c
+index 3895d75..d37b481 100644
+--- a/ocaml-src/asmrun/signals_asm.c
++++ b/ocaml-src/asmrun/signals_asm.c
+@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ DECLARE_SIGNAL_HANDLER(trap_handler)
+ #ifdef HAS_STACK_OVERFLOW_DETECTION
+ 
+ static char * system_stack_top;
+-static char sig_alt_stack[SIGSTKSZ];
+ 
+ #if defined(SYS_linux)
+ /* PR#4746: recent Linux kernels with support for stack randomization
+@@ -274,15 +273,19 @@ void caml_init_signals(void)
+ #ifdef HAS_STACK_OVERFLOW_DETECTION
+   {
+     stack_t stk;
+-    struct sigaction act;
+-    stk.ss_sp = sig_alt_stack;
++    stk.ss_sp = malloc(SIGSTKSZ);
+     stk.ss_size = SIGSTKSZ;
+     stk.ss_flags = 0;
+-    SET_SIGACT(act, segv_handler);
+-    act.sa_flags |= SA_ONSTACK | SA_NODEFER;
+-    sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
+-    system_stack_top = (char *) &act;
+-    if (sigaltstack(&stk, NULL) == 0) { sigaction(SIGSEGV, &act, NULL); }
++    if (stk.ss_sp != NULL) {
++      if (sigaltstack(&stk, NULL) != -1) {
++        struct sigaction act;
++        SET_SIGACT(act, segv_handler);
++        act.sa_flags |= SA_ONSTACK | SA_NODEFER;
++        sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
++        system_stack_top = (char *) &act;
++        sigaction(SIGSEGV, &act, NULL);
++      }
++    }
+   }
+ #endif
+ }
+-- 
+2.38.1
+