diff --git a/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix b/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix
index d73c8c6a4c47..bea117c04197 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, x11, SDL, mesa, openal }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, x11, SDL, mesa, openal, gcc }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "ioquake3-1.36";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ./exit.patch
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [x11 SDL mesa openal];
+  buildInputs = [x11 SDL mesa openal gcc];
 
   # Fix building on GCC 4.6.
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 97b96e9b26cc..244c236bb17c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11457,7 +11457,7 @@ let
 
   quake3demodata = callPackage ../games/quake3/demo { };
 
-  quake3game = callPackage ../games/quake3/game { };
+  quake3game = callPackage ../games/quake3/game { gcc = gcc46; };
 
   quantumminigolf = callPackage ../games/quantumminigolf {};