diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-c-common/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-c-common/package.nix
index 2c33c7f38b49..10f0884243b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-c-common/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-c-common/package.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    # https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common/issues/1175
+    badPlatforms = platforms.bigEndian;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       orivej
       r-burns
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-autoconf.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-autoconf.nix
index 4ad05d61d01b..a6e758467596 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-autoconf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-autoconf.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ in
   xz,
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform,
   enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
-  withAWS ? !enableStatic && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin),
+  withAWS ?
+    lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform aws-c-common
+    && !enableStatic
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin),
+  aws-c-common,
   aws-sdk-cpp,
   withLibseccomp ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libseccomp,
   libseccomp,
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-meson.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-meson.nix
index 1e2bb73aef41..50e5c9fd060d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-meson.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common-meson.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ assert (hash == null) -> (src != null);
   xz,
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform,
   enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
-  withAWS ? !enableStatic && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin),
+  withAWS ?
+    lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform aws-c-common
+    && !enableStatic
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin),
+  aws-c-common,
   aws-sdk-cpp,
   withLibseccomp ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libseccomp,
   libseccomp,