diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 33ec396e5d2..5cd8bf22cac 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , storeDir ? "/nix/store"
 , stateDir ? "/nix/var"
 , confDir ? "/etc"
-, boehmgc
+, aws-sdk-cpp, boehmgc, boost
 , stdenv, llvmPackages_6
 }:
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ in rec {
     # Nix1 has the perl bindings by default, so no need to build the manually.
     includesPerl = true;
 
-    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir boehmgc;
+    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir stdenv aws-sdk-cpp boehmgc boost;
   };
 
   nixStable = callPackage common (rec {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ in rec {
       sha256 = "bb6578e9f20eebab6d78469ecc59c450ac54f276e5a86a882015d98fecb1bc7b";
     };
 
-    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir boehmgc;
+    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir stdenv aws-sdk-cpp boehmgc boost;
   } // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.cc.isClang {
     stdenv = llvmPackages_6.stdenv;
   });
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ in rec {
     };
     fromGit = true;
 
-    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir boehmgc;
+    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir stdenv aws-sdk-cpp boehmgc boost;
   });
 
   nixFlakes = lib.lowPrio (callPackage common rec {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ in rec {
     };
     fromGit = true;
 
-    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir boehmgc;
+    inherit storeDir stateDir confDir stdenv aws-sdk-cpp boehmgc boost;
   });
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe832c91028..72a8abc470a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24762,6 +24762,18 @@ in
       storeDir = config.nix.storeDir or "/nix/store";
       stateDir = config.nix.stateDir or "/nix/var";
       boehmgc = boehmgc.override { enableLargeConfig = true; };
+      # Tarball evaluation fails with a gcc9 based nix-env.
+      # $ nix-build pkgs/top-level/release.nix -A tarball
+      stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isGNU then gcc8Stdenv else stdenv;
+      aws-sdk-cpp = aws-sdk-cpp.override {
+        stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isGNU then gcc8Stdenv else stdenv;
+      };
+      boost = boost.override {
+        buildPackages = buildPackages // {
+          stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isGNU then gcc8Stdenv else stdenv;
+        };
+        stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isGNU then gcc8Stdenv else stdenv;
+      };
       })
     nix
     nix1