diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix
index c24e1b0c2f1..51fd2ee8064 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libuv, libmicrohttpd, openssl
+{ stdenv, stdenvGcc6, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libuv, libmicrohttpd, openssl
 , opencl-headers, ocl-icd, hwloc, cudatoolkit
 , devDonationLevel ? "0.0"
 , cudaSupport ? false
 , openclSupport ? true
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  stdenv' = if cudaSupport then stdenvGcc6 else stdenv;
+in
+
+stdenv'.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xmr-stak-${version}";
   version = "2.4.3";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e68c48d8996..eba8440aff4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16785,6 +16785,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   xmr-stak = callPackage ../applications/misc/xmr-stak {
+    stdenvGcc6 = overrideCC stdenv gcc6;
     hwloc = hwloc-nox;
   };