diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 8b2cf01f169..8544d932f81 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ let
 
   allowBroken = config.allowBroken or false || builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN" == "1";
 
+  allowUnsupportedSystem = config.allowUnsupportedSystem or false;
+
   isUnfree = licenses: lib.lists.any (l:
     !l.free or true || l == "unfree" || l == "unfree-redistributable") licenses;
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ let
       { valid = false; reason = "blacklisted"; errormsg = "has a blacklisted license (‘${showLicense attrs.meta.license}’)"; }
     else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.broken or false then
       { valid = false; reason = "broken"; errormsg = "is marked as broken"; }
-    else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.platforms or null != null && !lib.lists.elem system attrs.meta.platforms then
+    else if !allowUnsupportedSystem && !allowBroken && attrs.meta.platforms or null != null && !lib.lists.elem system attrs.meta.platforms then
       { valid = false; reason = "broken"; errormsg = "is not supported on ‘${system}’"; }
     else if !(hasAllowedInsecure attrs) then
       { valid = false; reason = "insecure"; errormsg = "is marked as insecure"; }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
index ddc449ae59c..c852ace7d7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rec {
 
   allPackages = args: packageSet (args // nixpkgsArgs);
 
-  pkgs = pkgsFor "x86_64-linux";
+  pkgs = packageSet (lib.recursiveUpdate { system = "x86_64-linux"; config.allowUnsupportedSystem = true; } nixpkgsArgs);
   inherit lib;