diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
index d9409636bd0d..2ce4b77927f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       configureFlagsArray+=("--with-installbuilddir=$dev/share/build")
     '';
 
-  configureFlags =
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
+    "ac_cv_file__dev_zero=yes"
+    "ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=0"
+    "apr_cv_process_shared_works=1"
+    "apr_cv_tcp_nodelay_with_cork=1"
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-cygwin") [
     # Including the Windows headers breaks unistd.h.
     # Based on ftp://sourceware.org/pub/cygwin/release/libapr1/libapr1-1.3.8-2-src.tar.bz2
-    stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-cygwin") "ac_cv_header_windows_h=no";
+    "ac_cv_header_windows_h=no"
+  ];
+
+  CPPFLAGS=stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) "-DAPR_IOVEC_DEFINED";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;