diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix
index 8288d23a6733..9009dffd577d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ assert lib.assertMsg (
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
   enableStrictLLVMChecks ? true,
-  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,
   # FIXME support Darwin once https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/392918 lands
   withDtrace ?