diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libclc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libclc/default.nix
index de3f51752b9..e91981c36c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libclc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libclc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python, llvm, clang }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python2, llvm, clang }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libclc-2015-08-07";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "10n9qk1dild9yjkjjkzpmp9zid3ysdgvqrad554azcf755frch7g";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ python llvm clang ];
+  buildInputs = [ python2 llvm clang ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i 's,llvm_clang =.*,llvm_clang = "${clang}/bin/clang",' configure.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   configurePhase = ''
-    python2 ./configure.py --prefix=$out
+    ${python.interpreter} ./configure.py --prefix=$out
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {