diff --git a/srcpkgs/nix/template b/srcpkgs/nix/template
index 9afcb75a7a6..da3fea0347a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nix/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--localstatedir=/nix/var --with-sandbox-shell=/bin/sh"
 hostmakedepends="curl pkg-config flex tar xz automake autoconf-archive mdBook"
 makedepends="boost-devel brotli-devel bzip2-devel gc-devel libcurl-devel
  liblzma-devel openssl-devel libsodium-devel sqlite-devel
- libseccomp-devel editline-devel jq-devel libarchive-devel libcpuid-devel
+ libseccomp-devel editline-devel jq-devel libarchive-devel
  gtest-devel lowdown-devel json-c++"
 depends="curl tar xz"
 short_desc="Purely functional package manager"
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" musl-legacy-compat"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64*|i686*) makedepends+=" libcpuid-devel";;
+esac
+
 CXXFLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-declarations"
 
 # Default configuration file.