diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix
index 9a5dc9f26e66..23221f8cd28d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -r ./* "$out/"
-
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     # jni.h expects jni_md.h to be in the header search path.
     ln -s $out/include/linux/*_md.h $out/include/
-
+  '' + ''
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
     printWords ${setJavaClassPath} > $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs