diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bbd6a59088d..0bf4e50a9ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6751,7 +6751,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   guile-sdl2 = callPackage ../development/guile-modules/guile-sdl2 { };
 
-  guile-xcb = callPackage ../development/guile-modules/guile-xcb { };
+  guile-xcb = callPackage ../development/guile-modules/guile-xcb {
+    guile = guile_2_0;
+  };
 
   pharo-vms = callPackage ../development/pharo/vm { };
   pharo = pharo-vms.multi-vm-wrapper;