diff --git a/srcpkgs/sed/template b/srcpkgs/sed/template
index 732c27f5f5e..18d0b5baf1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sed/template
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/sed"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=f79b0cfea71b37a8eeec8490db6c5f7ae7719c35587f21edb0617f370eeff633
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
+	export ac_cv_lib_error_at_line=no
+	export ac_cv_header_sys_cdefs_h=no
+fi
+
 post_extract() {
 	# dont regenerate the man page with help2man...
 	sed -i 's|\(^doc/sed.1:\).*$|\1|' Makefile.in