diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 26522ad6045..24b5205ffe6 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ let
   remediation = {
     unfree = remediate_whitelist "Unfree";
     broken = remediate_whitelist "Broken";
+    unsupported = remediate_whitelist "UnsupportedSystem";
     blacklisted = x: "";
     insecure = remediate_insecure;
     unknown-meta = x: "";
@@ -192,8 +193,8 @@ let
       { valid = false; reason = "blacklisted"; errormsg = "has a blacklisted license (‘${showLicense attrs.meta.license}’)"; }
     else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.broken or false then
       { valid = false; reason = "broken"; errormsg = "is marked as broken"; }
-    else if !allowUnsupportedSystem && !allowBroken && !(checkPlatform attrs) then
-      { valid = false; reason = "broken"; errormsg = "is not supported on ‘${hostPlatform.config}’"; }
+    else if !allowUnsupportedSystem && !(checkPlatform attrs) then
+      { valid = false; reason = "unsupported"; errormsg = "is not supported on ‘${hostPlatform.config}’"; }
     else if !(hasAllowedInsecure attrs) then
       { valid = false; reason = "insecure"; errormsg = "is marked as insecure"; }
     else let res = checkMeta (attrs.meta or {}); in if res != [] then