6 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/acl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/acl/default.nix
index 06dd8cb2fb9..9bf407d61ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/acl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/acl/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1j39g62fki0iyji9s62slgwdfskpkqy7rmjlqcnmsvsnxbxhc294";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [gettext attr libtool];
+  buildNativeInputs = [gettext];
+  buildInputs = [attr libtool];
 
   configureFlags = "MAKE=make LIBTOOL=libtool MSGFMT=msgfmt MSGMERGE=msgmerge XGETTEXT=xgettext ZIP=gzip ECHO=echo SED=sed AWK=gawk";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix
index 532f97a9fdf..0f38cb27c0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1gy5zspj8ynxv6q29r24d18cfvq06zirg1pxcdg27bg2ncrv4n6k";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [libtool gettext];
+  buildNativeInputs = [gettext];
+  buildInputs = [libtool];
 
   configureFlags = "MAKE=make LIBTOOL=libtool MSGFMT=msgfmt MSGMERGE=msgmerge XGETTEXT=xgettext ECHO=echo SED=sed AWK=gawk";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
index 6b094fdc839..826dae2d314 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     fi
   '';
 
+  crossAttrs = {
+    buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.gccCross.libc ? libiconv)
+      stdenv.gccCross.libc.libiconv.hostDrv;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "GNU gettext, a well integrated set of translation tools and documentation";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
index 0811e8e3e80..8787e345451 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, linuxHeaders, cross ? null, gccCross ? null}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, linuxHeaders, libiconv, cross ? null, gccCross ? null}:
 
 assert stdenv.isLinux;
 assert cross != null -> gccCross != null;
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     (cd $out/include && ln -s $(ls -d ${linuxHeaders}/include/* | grep -v "scsi$") .)
     sed -i s@/lib/@$out/lib/@g $out/lib/libc.so
   '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    # Derivations may check for the existance of this attribute, to know what to link to.
+    inherit libiconv;
+  };
   
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.uclibc.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index d588c49e5c3..431684829b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0zq11lykc7hfs9nsdnb8gqk354l82hswqj38607mvwj3b0zqvc4b";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl gmp ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl;
+  buildNativeInputs = [ perl ];
+  buildInputs = [ gmp ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl;
+
+  crossAttrs = {
+    buildInputs = [ gmp ]
+      ++ stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl.hostDrv
+      ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.gccCross.libc ? libiconv)
+        stdenv.gccCross.libc.libiconv.hostDrv;
+  };
 
   # The tests are known broken on Cygwin
   # (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19025),
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04f2d450f1b..153ca8b1bd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6401,7 +6401,7 @@ let
 */
 
   uclibcCross = import ../os-specific/linux/uclibc {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv libiconv;
     linuxHeaders = linuxHeadersCross;
     gccCross = gccCrossStageStatic;
     cross = assert crossSystem != null; crossSystem;