diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/oc/ocl-icd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/oc/ocl-icd/package.nix
index ba360ae32f75..3c44fa98db25 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/oc/ocl-icd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/oc/ocl-icd/package.nix
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ opencl-headers ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [ windows.dlfcn ];
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-custom-vendordir=/run/opengl-driver/etc/OpenCL/vendors"
-  ];
+  configureFlags =
+    [
+      "--enable-custom-vendordir=/run/opengl-driver/etc/OpenCL/vendors"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!lib.systems.equals stdenv.buildPlatform stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+      "ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes"
+      "ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes"
+    ];
 
   # fixes: can't build x86_64-w64-mingw32 shared library unless -no-undefined is specified
   makeFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [ "LDFLAGS=-no-undefined" ];