diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xburst-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xburst-tools/default.nix
index 2408a1cd35c..685307bb022 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xburst-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xburst-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{stdenv, fetchgit, libusb, autoconf, automake, confuse
-, gccCross ? null}:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, libusb, autoconf, automake, confuse
+, gccCross ? null }:
 
 let
   version = "2010-07-29";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dc99a6a1411..c8588aa435f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ let
 
   x11_ssh_askpass = callPackage ../tools/networking/x11-ssh-askpass { };
 
-  xbursttools = import ../tools/misc/xburst-tools {
+  xbursttools = assert stdenv ? glibc; import ../tools/misc/xburst-tools {
     inherit stdenv fetchgit autoconf automake libusb confuse;
     # It needs a cross compiler for mipsel to build the firmware it will
     # load into the Ben Nanonote