diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frr/package.nix
index 29f2d42d28f8f3..bc96316e711117 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frr/package.nix
@@ -33,15 +33,9 @@
 , nettools
 , nixosTests
 
-# FRR's configure.ac gets SNMP options by executing net-snmp-config on the build host
-# This leads to compilation errors when cross compiling.
-# E.g. net-snmp-config for x86_64 does not return the ARM64 paths.
-#
-#   SNMP_LIBS="`${NETSNMP_CONFIG} --agent-libs`"
-#   SNMP_CFLAGS="`${NETSNMP_CONFIG} --base-cflags`"
-, snmpSupport ? stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform
-
-# other general options besides snmp support
+
+# general options
+, snmpSupport ? true
 , rpkiSupport ? true
 , numMultipath ? 64
 , watchfrrSupport ? true
@@ -81,9 +75,6 @@
 , ospfApi ? true
 }:
 
-lib.warnIf (!(stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform))
-  "cannot enable SNMP support due to cross-compilation issues with net-snmp-config"
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "frr";
   version = "10.1";
@@ -194,6 +185,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.strings.enableFeature ospfApi "ospfapi")
     # Cumulus options
     (lib.strings.enableFeature cumulusSupport "cumulus")
+  ] ++ lib.optionals snmpSupport [
+    # Used during build for paths, `dev` has build shebangs so can be run during build.
+    "NETSNMP_CONFIG=${lib.getDev net-snmp}/bin/net-snmp-config"
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''