diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix
index 651c6faa566ce..76d36e170a82b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix
@@ -190,6 +190,24 @@ let
     '';
   };
 
+  ninja' =
+    if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
+      # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/327836
+      # Fail to build with ninja 1.12 on Hydra when host platform is darwin, but
+      # not on developers' local machines.
+      # Until we find out the exact cause, pin ninja to version 1.11 to
+      # workaround the problem.
+      ninja.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+        version = "1.11.1";
+        src = old.src.override {
+          rev = version;
+          hash = "sha256-LvV/Fi2ARXBkfyA1paCRmLUwCh/rTyz+tGMg2/qEepI=";
+        };
+        patches = [ ];
+      })
+    else
+      ninja;
+
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "swift";
   inherit (sources) version;
@@ -199,7 +217,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     git
-    ninja
+    ninja'
     perl # pod2man
     pkg-config
     python3