diff --git a/build_tools/build_detect_platform b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
index 87c4c871d..93eac07e0 100755
--- a/build_tools/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@ echo "MEMENV_SOURCES=helpers/memenv/memenv.cc" >> $OUTPUT
 if [ "$CROSS_COMPILE" = "true" -o "$FBCODE_BUILD" = "true" ]; then
     # Cross-compiling; do not try any compilation tests.
     # Also don't need any compilation tests if compiling on fbcode
-    true
+    # TODO(kailiu) For some fb-supported environments, they have trouble finding
+    # symbols from gflags if -lgflags wasn't specified. As a temporary resort,
+    # we added it to PLATFORM_LDFLAGS although for some environments it is
+    # unnecessary.
+    PLATFORM_LDFLAGS="$PLATFORM_LDFLAGS -gflags"
 else
     # do fPIC on 64 bit in non-fbcode environment
     case "$TARGET_OS" in