diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
index 9faf7a40458..e6cb62330c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgpg-error/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1li95ni122fzinzlmxbln63nmgij63irxfvi52ws4zfbzv3am4sg";
   };
 
-  postPatch = "sed '/BUILD_TIMESTAMP=/s/=.*/=1970-01-01T00:01+0000/' -i ./configure";
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed '/BUILD_TIMESTAMP=/s/=.*/=1970-01-01T00:01+0000/' -i ./configure
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
+    ln -s lock-obj-pub.x86_64-pc-linux-musl.h src/syscfg/lock-obj-pub.linux-musl.h
+  '';
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "info" ];
   outputBin = "dev"; # deps want just the lib, most likely