diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tbb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbb/default.nix
index 4617614b25ee..21fddb165627 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tbb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbb/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [
     "compiler=clang"
-  ];
+  ] ++ (lib.optional (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform)
+    (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 then "arch=arm64"
+    else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then "arch=intel64"
+    else throw "Unsupported cross architecture"));
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;