diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
index 855ed575a91..89e4df71f8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, gperf, pkgconfig, glib, acl, libusb, usbutils, pciutils}:
 
+assert stdenv ? glibc;
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "udev-145";