diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
index 5117d420463b..18e7d84477f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
 
   // (removeAttrs args [
     "withLinuxHeaders"
+    "linuxHeaders"
     "withGd"
     "enableCET"
     "postInstall"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
index d165cb8fff62..fc76ebe9ae05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   callPackage,
   withLinuxHeaders ? true,
+  linuxHeaders ? null,
   profilingLibraries ? false,
   withGd ? false,
   enableCET ? if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then "permissive" else false,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ let
   ];
 in
 
-(callPackage ./common.nix { inherit stdenv; } {
+(callPackage ./common.nix { inherit stdenv linuxHeaders; } {
   inherit
     withLinuxHeaders
     withGd