diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtserialport.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtserialport.nix
index dff98fed9d2f..06012049086a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtserialport.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtserialport.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
   lib,
   qtbase,
   udev,
+  udevSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
 }:
 
 qtModule {
   pname = "qtserialport";
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ];
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux "-DNIXPKGS_LIBUDEV=\"${udev}/lib/libudev\"";
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString udevSupport "-DNIXPKGS_LIBUDEV=\"${udev}/lib/libudev\"";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtserialport.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtserialport.nix
index 74b647c6dfcc..359f665df5f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtserialport.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtserialport.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
   lib,
   qtbase,
   udev,
+  udevSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
   pkg-config,
 }:
 
 qtModule {
   pname = "qtserialport";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ udev ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ] ++ lib.optionals udevSupport [ udev ];
 }