diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
index 065733fd472..f4841740320 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ _glibc_headers() {
 	echo "libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes" >> config.cache
 
 	export CC="${_triplet}-gcc" LD="${_triplet}-ld" \
-		AS="${_triplet}-as" CPP="${_triplet}-cpp"
+		AS="${_triplet}-as" CPP="${_triplet}-cpp" \
+		NM="${_triplet}-nm"
 
 	../glibc-${_glibc_version}/configure \
 		--host=${_triplet} --prefix=/usr \
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ _glibc_build() {
 	echo "libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes" >> config.cache
 
 	export CC="${_triplet}-gcc" LD="${_triplet}-ld" \
-		AS="${_triplet}-as" CPP="${_triplet}-cpp"
+		AS="${_triplet}-as" CPP="${_triplet}-cpp" \
+		NM="${_triplet}-nm"
 	export CFLAGS="-Os -pipe -Wno-error ${_archflags}"
 
 	../glibc-${_glibc_version}/configure \