diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtmultimedia.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtmultimedia.nix
index 7c1cc5da07e..a48dd38ae6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtmultimedia.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtmultimedia.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ qtSubmodule, qtbase, qtdeclarative, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, qtSubmodule, qtbase, qtdeclarative, pkgconfig
 , alsaLib, gstreamer, gst-plugins-base, libpulseaudio
 }:
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ qtSubmodule {
   name = "qtmultimedia";
   qtInputs = [ qtbase qtdeclarative ];
   buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig alsaLib gstreamer gst-plugins-base libpulseaudio
-  ];
+    pkgconfig gstreamer gst-plugins-base libpulseaudio
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux alsaLib;
   qmakeFlags = [ "GST_VERSION=1.0" ];
 }