diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix
index 36fde924e9b..9f8a3bd6fb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   inherit noSysDirs profiledCompiler staticCompiler langJava
     libcCross crossMingw;
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo which gettext ]
     ++ optional (perl != null) perl;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index e626abc50d1..65f95846f02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   inherit noSysDirs staticCompiler langJava
     libcCross crossMingw;
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo which gettext ]
     ++ (optional (perl != null) perl)
     ++ (optional javaAwtGtk pkgconfig);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index 621c45cdff3..5cc6dbffd15 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   inherit noSysDirs staticCompiler langJava
     libcCross crossMingw;
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo which gettext ]
     ++ (optional (perl != null) perl)
     ++ (optional javaAwtGtk pkgconfig);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index 33a034adf66..d9e1a71ae3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   inherit noSysDirs staticCompiler langJava
     libcCross crossMingw;
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo which gettext ]
     ++ (optional (perl != null) perl)
     ++ (optional javaAwtGtk pkgconfig);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index 291ec944b55..76a636bb2dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   inherit noSysDirs staticCompiler langJava
     libcCross crossMingw;
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo which gettext ]
     ++ (optional (perl != null) perl)
     ++ (optional javaAwtGtk pkgconfig);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix
index e8668712e2e..4857eb5e517 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   inherit noSysDirs staticCompiler langJava
     libcCross crossMingw;
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo which gettext ]
     ++ (optional (perl != null) perl)
     ++ (optional javaAwtGtk pkgconfig);