diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix
index 3bf938b75903..d244fc62aef4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # Checks are broken on aarch64 darwin
     # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/118700#issuecomment-885892436
     !stdenv.isDarwin &&
+    # Checks are broken when building statically on x86_64 linux with musl
+    # One of the test tries to build a shared library and this causes the linker:
+    # x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-ld: /nix/store/h9gcvnp90mpniyx2v0d0p3s06hkx1v2p-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-gcc-13.3.0/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/13.3.0/crtbeginT.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against hidden symbol `__TMC_END__' can not be used when making a shared object
+    # x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-ld: failed to set dynamic section sizes: bad value
+    !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic &&
 
     # we must explicitly disable this here so that mesonFlags receives
     # `-Dtests=disabled`; without it meson will attempt to run