diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index 89fa3c8fa23d..1defd4099a61 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ((drvAttrs config hostPlatform.platform kernelPatches config
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl bc nettools openssl gmp libmpc mpfr ]
-      ++ optional (stdenv.platform.kernelTarget == "uImage") ubootTools
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl bc nettools openssl gmp libmpc mpfr buildPackages.stdenv.cc ]
+      ++ optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.platform.kernelTarget == "uImage") buildPackages.ubootTools
       ++ optional (stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast version "4.14") libelf
       ++ optional (stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast version "4.15") utillinux
       ;