diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/aewan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/aewan/default.nix
index 6e817646d9e7..dcc59560a246 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/aewan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/aewan/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, zlib, ncurses }:
+{ lib, gccStdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, zlib, ncurses }:
 
+let stdenv = gccStdenv;
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "aewan";
   version = "1.0.01";