diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
index 3ae54fc3b91b9..15b21fcdbeaeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ with builtins;
 
 let majorVersion = "11";
     version = "${majorVersion}.3.0";
+    disableBootstrap = !(with stdenv; targetPlatform == hostPlatform && hostPlatform == buildPlatform);
 
     inherit (stdenv) buildPlatform hostPlatform targetPlatform;
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ let majorVersion = "11";
         enableMultilib
         enablePlugin
         enableShared
+        disableBootstrap
         fetchpatch
         fetchurl
         gettext
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
index 63168968cd6be..20da29fc9b1e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ with builtins;
 
 let majorVersion = "12";
     version = "${majorVersion}.2.0";
+    disableBootstrap = !(with stdenv; targetPlatform == hostPlatform && hostPlatform == buildPlatform);
 
     inherit (stdenv) buildPlatform hostPlatform targetPlatform;
 
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ let majorVersion = "12";
         buildPackages
         cloog
         crossStageStatic
+        disableBootstrap
         enableLTO
         enableMultilib
         enablePlugin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
index 78d13cb941e3c..e3a4aa7cccdff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 , langObjC
 , langObjCpp
 , langJit
+, disableBootstrap ? stdenv.targetPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform
 }:
 
 assert langJava -> lib.versionOlder version "7";
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ let
     # TODO: aarch64-darwin has clang stdenv and its arch and cpu flag values are incompatible with gcc
     ++ lib.optionals (!(stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64)) (import ../common/platform-flags.nix { inherit (stdenv)  targetPlatform; inherit lib; })
     ++ lib.optionals (targetPlatform != hostPlatform) crossConfigureFlags
-    ++ lib.optional (targetPlatform != hostPlatform) "--disable-bootstrap"
+    ++ lib.optional disableBootstrap "--disable-bootstrap"
 
     # Platform-specific flags
     ++ lib.optional (targetPlatform == hostPlatform && targetPlatform.isx86_32) "--with-arch=${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name}"