diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index 7166d325b31..c240acb5e89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -526,4 +526,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
 # Strip kills static libs of other archs (hence cross != null)
 // optionalAttrs (!stripped || cross != null) { dontStrip = true; NIX_STRIP_DEBUG = 0; }
+
+// optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 )