diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 2bf354fbc69f9fb..a497bcbf867f882 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, gcc12Stdenv
 , config
 , aws-sdk-cpp
 , boehmgc
@@ -154,7 +155,10 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
     patches = [
       patch-monitorfdhup
     ];
-  }).override { boehmgc = boehmgc-nix_2_3; };
+  }).override {
+    boehmgc = boehmgc-nix_2_3;
+    stdenv = gcc12Stdenv;
+  };
 
   nix_2_10 = common {
     version = "2.10.3";