diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index 855766cace7..10c777d8601 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
   ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.cc.libc != null) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${stdenv.cc.libc}/include";
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.cc.libc != null) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${stdenv.lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;