diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/builder.sh
index 050ca2d2a98..bfd442c84e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/builder.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 . $stdenv/setup
 
+export NIX_GLIBC_FLAGS_SET=1
+
 installPhase() {
    make install
    cd lib/uuid; make install
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index 3157a3ea2f8..c1ed8d0fe39 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, gettext}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, dietgcc}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "e2fsprogs-1.36";
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/e2fsprogs-1.36.tar.gz;
     md5 = "1804ee96b76e5e7113fe3cecd6fe582b";
   };
-  configureFlags = "--enable-dynamic-e2fsck --enable-elf-shlibs";
+  #configureFlags = "--with-diet-libc";
   buildInputs = [gettext];
+  NIX_GCC = dietgcc;
 }