diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shake/default.nix
index fca81a974fb..71a91cb6f13 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shake/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# This file was auto-generated by cabal2nix. Please do NOT edit manually!
-
-{ cabal, binary, deepseq, extra, filepath, hashable, jsFlot
+{ gcc, cabal, binary, deepseq, extra, filepath, hashable, jsFlot
 , jsJquery, QuickCheck, random, time, transformers
 , unorderedContainers, utf8String
 }:
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "0wb4rvnkw6gag1jffv9z2by7y8gifp58pnw3n7dyc01yglbys72m";
   isLibrary = true;
   isExecutable = true;
+  buildTools = [ gcc ];
   buildDepends = [
     binary deepseq extra filepath hashable jsFlot jsJquery random time
     transformers unorderedContainers utf8String