diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix
index 2a26cb94eb1685..2e03037b9fcc93 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/5.0.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, sasl, boost, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools }:
+{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, sasl, boost, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools, avxSupport ? true }:
 
 let
   buildMongoDB = callPackage ./mongodb.nix {
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ let
     };
 in
 buildMongoDB {
+  inherit avxSupport;
   version = variants.version;
   sha256 = variants.sha256;
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix
index b17c4191692808..91405d087dc61d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/6.0.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, fetchpatch, sasl, boost, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools }:
+{ stdenv, callPackage, lib, fetchpatch, sasl, boost, Security, CoreFoundation, cctools, avxSupport ? true }:
 
 let
   buildMongoDB = callPackage ./mongodb.nix {
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ let
   };
 in
 buildMongoDB {
+  inherit avxSupport;
   version = "6.0.13";
   sha256 = "sha256-BD3XrTdv4sCa3h37o1A2s3/R0R8zHiR59a4pY0RxLGU=";
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix
index 801ee28303f079..7b84b643c2628a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/mongodb.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ with lib;
 
 { version, sha256, patches ? []
 , license ? lib.licenses.sspl
+, avxSupport ? true
 }:
 
 let
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # don't fail by default on i686
     substituteInPlace src/mongo/db/storage/storage_options.h \
       --replace 'engine("wiredTiger")' 'engine("mmapv1")'
+  '' + lib.optionalString (!avxSupport) ''
+    substituteInPlace SConstruct \
+      --replace-fail "default=['+sandybridge']," 'default=[],'
   '';
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang