diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fed830274480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+configureFlags="--with-gcc=$gcc/bin/gcc"
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/default.nix
index 1fdeef20c19d..670c146b2def 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ghc, m4, readline, ncurses}:
+{stdenv, gcc, fetchurl, perl, ghc, m4, readline, ncurses}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "ghc-6.4.1";
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
   buildInputs = [perl ghc m4];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [readline ncurses];
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  inherit gcc;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 03e245fcc220..5b09d4cebf7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ rec {
 
   ghc = (import ../development/compilers/ghc) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl ncurses readline;
+    gcc = stdenv.gcc;
     ghc = ghcboot;
     m4 = gnum4;
   };