diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/atlas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/atlas/default.nix
index 3b390380e6f..58fd2422159 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/atlas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/atlas/default.nix
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   #     -A 31 = Athlon K7
   #     -A 18 = Pentium II
   #     -V 192 = SSE1|SSE2 (Or it takes SSE3 somehow in my machine without SSE3)
+  #     -V 0 = No SIMD (Pentium II does not have any SSE)
   #     -t 0 = No threading
   configureFlags = "-t 0"
-    + optionalString stdenv.isi686 " -b 32 -A 18"
+    + optionalString stdenv.isi686 " -b 32 -A 18 -V 0"
     + optionalString stdenv.isx86_64 " -A 31 -V 192"
     + optionalString tolerateCpuTimingInaccuracy " -Si cputhrchk 0"
     + optionalString shared " --shared "