diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
index 1f47338c2a69..0a931821837e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
+  postPatch = if stdenv.cc.isClang then ''
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace "-lgcc_s" ""
+  '' else lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
     substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc_eh"
   '';