1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
index de0426fbcdcd3..25798533113c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , buildPackages
 , fetchurl
+, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook
 , bison
 , util-linux
 
@@ -88,12 +89,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "bash_cv_termcap_lib=libncurses"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "musl") [
     "--disable-nls"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD [
+    # /dev/fd is optional on FreeBSD. we need it to work when built on a system
+    # with it and transferred to a system without it! This includes linux cross.
+    "bash_cv_dev_fd=absent"
   ];
 
   strictDeps = true;
   # Note: Bison is needed because the patches above modify parse.y.
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ bison ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook bison ]
     ++ lib.optional withDocs texinfo
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin stdenv.cc.bintools;