diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5f6ffe4423e..f4c25def875 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2884,6 +2884,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   hdf5 = callPackage ../tools/misc/hdf5 {
+    stdenv = gcc7Stdenv;
     gfortran = null;
     szip = null;
     mpi = null;