diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 7a16f9cc2095..47caa1721336 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 , zstd
 , yq-go
 , nixosTests
+, pkgsBuildBuild
 }:
 
 with lib;
@@ -240,7 +241,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
     substituteInPlace scripts/package-cli \
       --replace '"''${GO}" generate' \
-                'GOFLAGS="" "''${GO}" generate'
+                'GOFLAGS="" \
+                 GOOS="${pkgsBuildBuild.go.GOOS}" \
+                 GOARCH="${pkgsBuildBuild.go.GOARCH}" \
+                 CC="${pkgsBuildBuild.stdenv.cc}/bin/cc" \
+                 "''${GO}" generate'
   '';
 
   # Important utilities used by the kubelet, see