diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh
index 8909a89bea7..5842400693c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     xmkmf
     make World
+
+	cd Xvnc
+	sed -e 's@.* CppCmd .*@#define CppCmd		'$gcc'/bin/cpp@' -i config/cf/linux.cf 
+	sed -e 's@.* CppCmd .*@#define CppCmd		'$gcc'/bin/cpp@' -i config/cf/Imake.tmpl 
+	./configure
+	make
+	cd ..
 }
 
 installPhase=installPhase
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix
index ee6b36bcbc2..a3fa7adc344 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "tightvnc-1.3.9";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
+  gcc=stdenv.gcc.gcc;
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/vnc-tight/tightvnc-1.3.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "0nij6kyzwxf7nblwd6riwqhzh8b8xwdffpj379zi5y9mcmiwmalr";