diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
index 23d7f9d8629..937eef2d0d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej eelco ];
+    # https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common/issues/754
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 9ab08007ec7..50eb8d1a47e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ common =
   , stateDir
   , confDir
   , withLibseccomp ? lib.any (lib.meta.platformMatch stdenv.hostPlatform) libseccomp.meta.platforms, libseccomp
-  , withAWS ? !enableStatic && (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin), aws-sdk-cpp
+  , withAWS ? !enableStatic && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl && (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin), aws-sdk-cpp
   , enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
   , name, suffix ? "", src
   , patches ? [ ]