diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e7f2ce72bc03..5a074e28b70d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2017,7 +2017,9 @@ rec {
   #};
 
   dietlibc = import ../os-specific/linux/dietlibc {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv glibc;
+    inherit fetchurl glibc;
+    # Dietlibc 0.30 doesn't compile on PPC with GCC 4.1, bus GCC 3.4 works.
+   stdenv = if stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux" then overrideGCC stdenv gcc34 else stdenv;
   };
 
   #dietlibcArm = import ../os-specific/linux/dietlibc-cross {