diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
index 2fcf6701ab8f..ccac20c90774 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed '/BUILD_TIMESTAMP=/s/=.*/=1970-01-01T00:01+0000/' -i ./configure
+  '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isArm && stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform ) ''
+    ln -s lock-obj-pub.arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi.h src/syscfg/lock-obj-pub.linux-gnueabihf.h
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
     ln -s lock-obj-pub.x86_64-pc-linux-musl.h src/syscfg/lock-obj-pub.linux-musl.h
   '';