diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index 6a131cc7ecd..c4a7c0694d0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ build_options="systemd"
 lib32files="/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules"
 lib32symlinks="ld-linux.so.2"
 # There's no point in building this for musl.
-only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 armv6l armv7l aarch64"
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 armv5tel armv6l armv7l aarch64"
 
 do_configure() {
 	mkdir build