diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index 29942bb2fc4d..fa4bb3475938 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 
 # Build time
-, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, perl, texinfo, setupDebugInfoDirs
+, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, perl, texinfo, setupDebugInfoDirs, buildPackages
 
 # Run time
 , ncurses, readline, gmp, mpfr, expat, zlib, dejagnu
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ setupDebugInfoDirs ];
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   # darwin build fails with format hardening since v7.12