diff --git a/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/cdrkit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/cdrkit/default.nix
index e28d4f8b9c7e..6f9c7a656d1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/cdrkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/cdrkit/default.nix
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libcap zlib bzip2 perl ];
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "-D__THROW=";
 
   # efi-boot-patch extracted from http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/rpminfo?rpmID=174244
   patches = [ ./include-path.patch ./cdrkit-1.1.9-efi-boot.patch ./cdrkit-1.1.11-fno-common.patch ];
 
+  preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
+    substituteInPlace include/xconfig.h.in \
+        --replace "#define HAVE_RCMD 1" "#undef HAVE_RCMD"
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     # file name compatibility with the old cdrecord (growisofs wants this name)
     ln -s $out/bin/genisoimage $out/bin/mkisofs