diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/default.nix
index d4ce1f8bc735..8fe6a7ee0a99 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-hashes=all"
     "--enable-obsolete-api=glibc"
     "--disable-failure-tokens"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl || stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "bionic") [
     "--disable-werror"
   ];