diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/systemc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/systemc/default.nix
index dc6186841f47..4e14d08e63bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/systemc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/systemc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "systemc";
@@ -11,16 +11,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0sj8wlkp68cjhmkd9c9lvm3lk3sckczpz7w9vby64inc1f9fnf0b";
   };
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-unix-layout" ];
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # Undefined reference to the sc_core::sc_api_version_2_3_4_XXX
+    # https://github.com/accellera-official/systemc/issues/21
+    "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "The language for System-level design, modeling and verification";
     homepage    = "https://systemc.org/";
     license     = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ victormignot amiloradovsky ];
   };
 }