diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix
index 89f23b9ca25d..6d41b63f03b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [
     # file RPATH_CHANGE could not write new RPATH
     "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON"
+    "-DZIG_TARGET_MCPU=baseline"
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;