diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmtp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmtp/default.nix
index e0c3e195b2da..4ca15f01a6d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmtp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmtp/default.nix
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libusb1 ];
 
-  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+  preConfigure = "NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh";
 
   configureFlags = [ "--with-udev=${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev" ];
 
+  configurePlatforms = [ "build" "host" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {