diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/default.nix
index b5550a96a835..413751cf2551 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
 in
 rec {
   rustc = callPackage ./rustc.nix {
-    inherit llvm targets targetPatches targetToolchains rustPlatform version;
+    inherit stdenv llvm targets targetPatches targetToolchains rustPlatform version;
 
     forceBundledLLVM = true;
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ rec {
     srcSha = "14b2n1msxma19ydchj54hd7f2zdsr524fg133dkmdn7j65f1x6aj";
     cargoSha256 = "1sj59z0w172qvjwg1ma5fr5am9dgw27086xwdnrvlrk4hffcr7y7";
 
+    inherit stdenv;
     inherit rustc; # the rustc that will be wrapped by cargo
     inherit rustPlatform; # used to build cargo
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93022fcdb3bd..58783a148ec5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6564,7 +6564,10 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   # For beta and nightly releases use the nixpkgs-mozilla overlay
-  rust = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust { };
+  rust = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust
+    (stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.cc.isGNU && stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686) {
+      stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc6; # with gcc-7: undefined reference to `__divmoddi4'
+    });
   inherit (rust) cargo rustc;
 
   buildRustCrate = callPackage ../build-support/rust/build-rust-crate.nix { };