diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix
index d6708b0dfed..445a8bc5f21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, git, swig, lua, itk, tcl, tk }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, git, swig, lua, itk4, tcl, tk }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "simpleitk";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake git swig ];
-  buildInputs = [ lua itk ];
+  buildInputs = [ lua itk4 ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-Wno-attributes'" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7bec4f99b53..58f7ecf4e7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14413,7 +14413,10 @@ in
 
   simp_le = callPackage ../tools/admin/simp_le { };
 
-  simpleitk = callPackage ../development/libraries/simpleitk { lua = lua51Packages.lua; };
+  simpleitk = callPackage ../development/libraries/simpleitk {
+    lua = lua51Packages.lua;
+    stdenv = gcc8Stdenv;
+  };
 
   sfml = callPackage ../development/libraries/sfml {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit Foundation AppKit OpenAL;