diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
index 06b31302eb8e..edb951dae3da 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "DATADIR=$(out)/share"
     "MANDIR=$(out)/share/man"
     "PERL=perl"
-  ];
+  ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 [ "bios" "efi32" ];
 
   doCheck = false; # fails. some fail in a sandbox, others require qemu