diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index 12c3c57bbec3..6726790d50fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ let emacs = stdenv.mkDerivation (lib.optionalAttrs nativeComp {
       else [ "--with-x=no" "--with-xpm=no" "--with-jpeg=no" "--with-png=no"
              "--with-gif=no" "--with-tiff=no" ])
     ++ lib.optional withXwidgets "--with-xwidgets"
-    ++ lib.optional nativeComp "--with-nativecomp"
+    ++ lib.optional nativeComp "--with-native-compilation"
     ++ lib.optional withImageMagick "--with-imagemagick"
     ;