diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77fd61549f0..3e0545dbd27 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3659,7 +3659,9 @@ in
 
   rpm = callPackage ../tools/package-management/rpm { };
 
-  rpm-ostree = callPackage ../tools/misc/rpm-ostree { };
+  rpm-ostree = callPackage ../tools/misc/rpm-ostree {
+    gperf = gperf_3_0;
+  };
 
   rpmextract = callPackage ../tools/archivers/rpmextract { };