diff --git a/release-common.nix b/release-common.nix
index 60c8849d1..eb35d7917 100644
--- a/release-common.nix
+++ b/release-common.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ rec {
   buildDeps =
     [ curl
       bzip2 xz brotli zlib editline
-      openssl pkgconfig sqlite boehmgc
+      openssl pkgconfig sqlite
       libarchive
       boost
       nlohmann_json
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ rec {
         */
       }));
 
+  propagatedDeps =
+    [ (boehmgc.override { enableLargeConfig = true; })
+    ];
+
   perlDeps =
     [ perl
       perlPackages.DBDSQLite
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 3dc12cd81..fdf7d0174 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ let
         src = nix;
         inherit officialRelease;
 
-        buildInputs = tarballDeps ++ buildDeps;
+        buildInputs = tarballDeps ++ buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps;
 
         postUnpack = ''
           (cd $sourceRoot && find . -type f) | cut -c3- > $sourceRoot/.dist-files
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ let
 
         buildInputs = buildDeps;
 
+        propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedDeps;
+
         preConfigure =
           # Copy libboost_context so we don't get all of Boost in our closure.
           # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/45462
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ let
 
         enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-        buildInputs = buildDeps;
+        buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps;
 
         dontInstall = false;
 
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index e5a2b2c91..4408b34ab 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ with import ./release-common.nix { inherit pkgs; };
 (if useClang then clangStdenv else stdenv).mkDerivation {
   name = "nix";
 
-  buildInputs = buildDeps ++ tarballDeps ++ perlDeps ++ [ pkgs.rustfmt ];
+  buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps ++ tarballDeps ++ perlDeps ++ [ pkgs.rustfmt ];
 
   inherit configureFlags;