diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix
index 207f069f86a..3fae28be2be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , libjpeg, zlib, dbus, dbus-glib, bzip2, xorg
 , freetype, fontconfig, file, nspr, nss, libnotify
 , yasm, libGLU_combined, sqlite, unzip, makeWrapper
-, hunspell, libevent, libstartup_notification, libvpx
+, hunspell, libXdamage, libevent, libstartup_notification, libvpx
 , icu, libpng, jemalloc, glib
 , autoconf213, which, gnused, cargo, rustc, llvmPackages
 , rust-cbindgen, nodejs, nasm, fetchpatch
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     icu libpng jemalloc glib
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (!isTorBrowserLike) [ nspr nss ]
+  ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder ffversion "53") libXdamage
   ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder ffversion "61") hunspell
 
   # >= 66 requires nasm for the AV1 lib dav1d
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix
index 35a21ec62ca..945bbfba566 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, callPackage, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, python3 }:
+{ lib, callPackage, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, python3, overrideCC, gccStdenv, gcc6 }:
 
 let
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rec {
   # the web, there are many old useful plugins targeting offline
   # activities (e.g. ebook readers, syncronous translation, etc) that
   # will probably never be ported to WebExtensions API.
-  firefox-esr-52 = common rec {
+  firefox-esr-52 = (common rec {
     pname = "firefox-esr";
     ffversion = "52.9.0esr";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ rec {
       description = "A web browser built from Firefox Extended Support Release source tree";
       knownVulnerabilities = [ "Support ended in August 2018." ];
     };
+  }).override {
+    stdenv = overrideCC gccStdenv gcc6; # gcc7 fails with "undefined reference to `__divmoddi4'"
+    gtk3Support = false;
   };
 
   firefox-esr-60 = common rec {