diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/docker/nix-prefetch-docker b/pkgs/build-support/docker/nix-prefetch-docker
index 5798ab5984f1..f551d37cda96 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/docker/nix-prefetch-docker
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/docker/nix-prefetch-docker
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ get_image_digest(){
         imageTag="latest"
     fi
 
-    skopeo --insecure-policy --tmpdir=$TMPDIR inspect "docker://$imageName:$imageTag" | jq '.Digest' -r
+    skopeo --override-os "${os}" --override-arch "${arch}" --insecure-policy --tmpdir=$TMPDIR inspect "docker://$imageName:$imageTag" | jq '.Digest' -r
 }
 
 get_name() {