diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
index d83a4e0a707a..da3bc925c820 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, mpfr, libxml2, intltool, pkg-config, doxygen,
-  autoreconfHook, readline, libiconv, icu, curl, gnuplot, gettext }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, mpfr, gnuplot
+, readline
+, libxml2, curl
+, intltool, libiconv, icu, gettext
+, pkg-config, doxygen, autoreconfHook, buildPackages
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libqalculate";
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ intltool pkg-config autoreconfHook doxygen ];
   buildInputs = [ curl gettext libiconv readline ];
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 mpfr icu ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;