diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
index cbe38f1127f3..75204a91273f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ let
       # We pick "/" path to effectively avoid sysroot offset and make it work
       # as a native case.
       "--with-build-sysroot=/"
+      # Same with the stdlibc++ headers embedded in the gcc output
+      "--with-gxx-include-dir=${placeholder "out"}/include/c++/${version}/"
     ]
 
     # Basic configuration