diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 4af13ea26af5..aa5bc8fe40bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 , withHwdb ? true
 , withImportd ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl
 , withLibBPF ? lib.versionAtLeast buildPackages.llvmPackages.clang.version "10.0"
+    && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch -> lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.version "6" # assumes hard floats
     && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMips64   # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/194149#issuecomment-1266642211
 , withLocaled ? true
 , withLogind ? true