diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
index 9d75ea973e6..388a0c9b134 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ let
 
     inherit majorVersion version src patches postPatch buildInputs;
 
+    LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lgcc_s";
     C_INCLUDE_PATH = concatStringsSep ":" (map (p: "${p}/include") buildInputs);
     LIBRARY_PATH = concatStringsSep ":" (map (p: "${p}/lib") buildInputs);