diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
index d8518f3bb4d..af0e6426b81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, gyp, readline, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, gyp, readline, python, which }:
 
 assert readline != null;
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ln -sv ${gyp}/bin/gyp build/gyp/gyp
     '';
 
+    buildNativeInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (system == "i686-linux") which;
     buildInputs = [ readline python ];
 
     buildFlags = [