diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
index a0f0a4c47e34..7270877c52e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals (enableStatic && !useMusl) [ stdenv.cc.libc stdenv.cc.libc.static ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals (enableStatic && !useMusl && stdenv.cc.libc ? static) [ stdenv.cc.libc stdenv.cc.libc.static ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;