diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix
index de3c1cfdcdba..2f63670128bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, stdenv
 , mkDerivationWith
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , python3Packages
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@
 }:
 
 mkDerivationWith python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  inherit stdenv;
+
   pname = "webmacs";
   version = "0.8";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6e9cc272b445..1f53eeb9e2dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -36439,7 +36439,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   webex = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/webex { };
 
-  webmacs = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/webmacs { };
+  webmacs = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/webmacs {
+    stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isClang then gccStdenv else stdenv;
+  };
 
   websploit = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/security/websploit { };