diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatpak/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatpak/package.nix
index 96349cfcd784..34cb1059b4f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatpak/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flatpak/package.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   autoreconfHook,
   bison,
   bubblewrap,
+  buildPackages,
   bzip2,
   coreutils,
   curl,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
   p11-kit,
   pkg-config,
   polkit,
+  pkgsCross,
   python3,
   shared-mime-info,
   socat,
@@ -205,8 +207,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [ vsc-py ]}:$PATH patchShebangs --build subprojects/variant-schema-compiler/variant-schema-compiler
 
       substituteInPlace configure.ac \
-        --replace-fail '$BWRAP --version' 'echo ${bubblewrap.version}' \
-        --replace-fail '$DBUS_PROXY --version' 'echo ${xdg-dbus-proxy.version}'
+        --replace-fail '$BWRAP --' ${
+          lib.escapeShellArg (stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages + " $BWRAP --")
+        } \
+        --replace-fail '$DBUS_PROXY --' ${
+          lib.escapeShellArg (stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages + " $DBUS_PROXY --")
+        }
     '';
 
   passthru = {
@@ -218,6 +224,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
     tests = {
+      cross = pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.flatpak;
+
       installedTests = nixosTests.installed-tests.flatpak;
 
       validate-icon = runCommand "test-icon-validation" { } ''