diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/elpa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/elpa/default.nix
index b3bde19fed02..11e8ac1309f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/elpa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/elpa/default.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (!avx2Support) "--disable-avx2"
     ++ lib.optional (!avx512Support) "--disable-avx512"
     ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) "--disable-sse"
+    ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) "--disable-sse-assembly"
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 "--enable-sse-assembly"
     ++ lib.optionals enableCuda [  "--enable-nvidia-gpu" "--with-NVIDIA-GPU-compute-capability=${nvidiaArch}" ];