diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
index d0ee80a58af..1771121bc7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
             NIX_FIXINC_DUMMY_CROSS=$(cat $NIX_GCC_CROSS/nix-support/orig-libc)/include
 
             # The path to the Glibc binaries such as `crti.o'.
-            glibc_libdir="$(cat $NIX_GCC_CROSS/nix-support/orig-libc)/lib"
+            glibc_dir="$(cat $NIX_GCC_CROSS/nix-support/orig-libc)"
+            glibc_libdir="$glibc_dir/nix-support/orig-libc)/lib"
+            configureFlags="--with-native-system-header-dir=$glibc_dir/include"
 
             extraFlags="-I$NIX_FIXINC_DUMMY_CROSS $extraFlags"
             extraLDFlags="-L$glibc_libdir -rpath $glibc_libdir $extraLDFlags"