diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 6c19c51c8c86..e5f298a1cabc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libunwind ]; # support -k
 
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 "--enable-mpers=check";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://strace.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "A system call tracer for Linux";