diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix
index b135716ed37e..d74bf1e2f3d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, sasl, boost, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools }:
+{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, sasl, boost
+, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools
+, avxSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.avxSupport
+}:
 
 let
   buildMongoDB = callPackage ./mongodb.nix {
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ let
     };
 in
 buildMongoDB {
+  inherit avxSupport;
   version = variants.version;
   sha256 = variants.sha256;
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix
index 77d825d185f3..64be3b1f5f90 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, fetchpatch, sasl, boost, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools }:
+{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, fetchpatch
+, sasl, boost, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools
+, avxSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.avxSupport
+}:
 
 let
   buildMongoDB = callPackage ./mongodb.nix {
@@ -6,6 +9,7 @@ let
   };
 in
 buildMongoDB {
+  inherit avxSupport;
   version = "6.0.15";
   sha256 = "sha256-DX1wbrDx1/JrEHbzNaXC4Hqq7MrLqz+JZgG98beyVds=";
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix
index 59b20f49321a..2b304aa212ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ with lib;
 
 { version, sha256, patches ? []
 , license ? lib.licenses.sspl
+, avxSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.avxSupport
 }:
 
 let
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # don't fail by default on i686
     substituteInPlace src/mongo/db/storage/storage_options.h \
       --replace 'engine("wiredTiger")' 'engine("mmapv1")'
+  '' + lib.optionalString (!avxSupport) ''
+    substituteInPlace SConstruct \
+      --replace-fail "default=['+sandybridge']," 'default=[],'
   '';
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang