diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow/default.nix
index 7f6952e8fe5..c511049ec03 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow/default.nix
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ let
     TF_NEED_CUDA = tfFeature cudaSupport;
     TF_CUDA_PATHS = lib.optionalString cudaSupport "${cudatoolkit_joined},${cudnn},${nccl}";
     GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PREFIX = lib.optionalString cudaSupport "${cudatoolkit_cc_joined}/bin";
+    GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH = lib.optionalString cudaSupport "${cudatoolkit_cc_joined}/bin/gcc";
     TF_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES = lib.concatStringsSep "," cudaCapabilities;
 
     postPatch = ''