diff --git a/srcpkgs/mit-scheme-c/patches/host_os-is-linux.patch b/srcpkgs/mit-scheme-c/patches/host_os-is-linux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66616f5e2df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mit-scheme-c/patches/host_os-is-linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: src/microcode/configure
+===================================================================
+--- src/microcode/configure.orig
++++ src/microcode/configure
+@@ -5441,7 +5441,7 @@ EXE_NAME=mit-scheme-${mit_scheme_native_
+ DO_GCC_TESTS=no
+ GNU_LD=no
+ case ${host_os} in
+-linux-gnu)
++linux-*)
+     M4_FLAGS="${M4_FLAGS} -P __linux__,1"
+     DO_GCC_TESTS=yes
+     GNU_LD=yes