diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-bjnp/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-bjnp/default.nix
index f752ac84a84b..483ec7aab971 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-bjnp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-bjnp/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''configureFlags="--with-cupsbackenddir=$out/lib/cups/backend"'';
 
   buildInputs = [cups];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-include stdio.h";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://cups-bjnp.sourceforge.net;