diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/fetcher.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/fetcher.nix
index abb8acaa0838..f64f3de8f841 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/fetcher.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/fetcher.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
   version,
   name ? "${pname}-${version}",
   src,
+  fetchAll ? false,
   hash ? lib.fakeHash,
-}@args:
+}:
 runCommand "${name}-zig-deps"
   {
-    inherit (args) src;
+    inherit src fetchAll;
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ zig ];
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ runCommand "${name}-zig-deps"
     runHook unpackPhase
 
     cd $sourceRoot
-    zig build --fetch
+    zig build --fetch''${fetchAll:+=all}
 
     mv $ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR/p $out
   ''