diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/common.nix
index 840c6054552..ca5be5998aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/common.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ let
 
   needsPortsNative = stdenv.isMips || stdenv.isArm;
   needsPortsCross = cross.arch == "mips" || cross.arch == "arm";
-  needsPorts = if (stdenv ? cross) && stdenv.cross != null then true
+  needsPorts =
+    if (stdenv ? cross) && stdenv.cross != null && hurdHeaders == null then true
     else if cross == null then needsPortsNative
     else needsPortsCross;
 
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/;
-    description = "The GNU C Library";
+    description = "The GNU C Library"
+      + stdenv.lib.optionalString (hurdHeaders != null) ", for GNU/Hurd";
 
     longDescription =
       '' Any Unix-like operating system needs a C library: the library which
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/default.nix
index 1b4e43b1013..f80ed9372e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ let
   cross = if gccCross != null then gccCross.target else null;
 in
   build cross ({
-    name = "glibc${if debugSymbols then "-debug" else ""}";
+    name = "glibc"
+      + stdenv.lib.optionalString (hurdHeaders != null) "-hurd"
+      + stdenv.lib.optionalString debugSymbols "-debug";
 
     inherit fetchurl stdenv kernelHeaders installLocales profilingLibraries
       gccCross;