diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/sox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/sox/default.nix
index bb751ae01c9d..44e1f0992ad7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/sox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/sox/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 , enableAMR ? false
 , amrnb
 , amrwb
-, enableLibpulseaudio ? stdenv.isLinux
+, enableLibpulseaudio ? stdenv.isLinux && lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libpulseaudio
 , libpulseaudio
 }: