diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openfortivpn/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openfortivpn/package.nix
index 5d416e01601f..1b1885965b21 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openfortivpn/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openfortivpn/package.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
   ]
   ++ lib.optional withSystemd "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system"
-  ++ lib.optional withPpp "--with-pppd=${ppp}/bin/pppd";
+  ++ lib.optional withPpp "--with-pppd=${ppp}/bin/pppd"
+  # configure: error: cannot check for file existence when cross compiling
+  ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) "--disable-proc";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;