diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/default-builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/default-builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..273fc55c755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/default-builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix
index 5c4fa23bace..df97bd98a92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "stratego-libraries-0.17";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
   src =
     fetchurl {
       url = http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/martin/stratego-libraries.tar.gz;