diff --git a/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/cross.nix b/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/cross.nix
index 36758086b92b..64912364b863 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/cross.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@
 , runCommand
 , makeBinaryWrapper
 , binutils
+, lib
 , expectedArch ? stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name
 }:
 
+
 runCommand "make-binary-wrapper-test-cross" {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeBinaryWrapper
     binutils
   ];
-  inherit expectedArch;
+  # For x86_64-linux the machine field is
+  # Advanced Micro Devices X86-64
+  # and uses a dash instead of a underscore unlike x86_64-linux in hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name
+  expectedArch = lib.replaceStrings ["_"] ["-"] expectedArch;
 } ''
   touch prog
   chmod +x prog