diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix
index 65c905f28c65..29c20ad8d534 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0brwra4jld0d53d7jsgca415ljglmmx1l2iazpj4ndilr48yy8mf";
   };
 
-  patches = [ (fetchpatch {
-    # fix crash in scan_dmi_sysfs() when run as non-root
-    url = "https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/commit/fbdc6ab15f7eea0ddcd63da355356ef156dd0d96.patch";
-    sha256 = "147wyr5m185f8swsmb4q1ahs9r1rycapbpa2548aqbv298bbish3";
-  })];
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # fix crash in scan_dmi_sysfs() when run as non-root
+      url = "https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/commit/fbdc6ab15f7eea0ddcd63da355356ef156dd0d96.patch";
+      sha256 = "147wyr5m185f8swsmb4q1ahs9r1rycapbpa2548aqbv298bbish3";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # support cross-compilation
+      url = "https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/commit/8486d25cea9b68794504fbd9e5c6e294bac6cb07.patch";
+      sha256 = "08f0wnxsq0agvsc66bhc7lxvk564ir0pp8pg3cym6a621prb9lm0";
+    })
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];