diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
index ef81f210d39f..1106a0139497 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, mesa_glu, x11, libXmu, libXi }:
 
+with stdenv.lib;
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "glew-1.10.0";
 
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -i 's|lib64|lib|' config/Makefile.linux
+    ${optionalString (stdenv ? cross) ''
+    sed -i -e 's/\(INSTALL.*\)-s/\1/' Makefile
+    ''}
   '';
 
 buildPhase = "make all";
@@ -25,6 +30,13 @@ buildPhase = "make all";
     cp -r README.txt LICENSE.txt doc $out/share/doc/glew
   '';
 
+  crossAttrs.makeFlags = [
+    "CC=${stdenv.cross.config}-gcc"
+    "LD=${stdenv.cross.config}-gcc"
+    "AR=${stdenv.cross.config}-ar"
+    "STRIP="
+  ] ++ optional (stdenv.cross.libc == "libSystem") "SYSTEM=darwin";
+
   meta = {
     description = "An OpenGL extension loading library for C(++)";
     homepage = http://glew.sourceforge.net/;