diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index 2af8e7e8a11e..11fca46c00d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, g77, texinfo, bison, flex, gperf, readline, ncurses}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, gcc, g77, texinfo, bison, flex, gperf, readline, ncurses}:
 
 assert autoconf != null && texinfo != null
   && bison != null && flex != null && gperf != null && readline != null && ncurses != null ;
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/bleeding-edge/octave-2.1.57.tar.gz ;
     md5 = "a0171814e005ce6d77365e7d831eef45";
   };
-  inherit autoconf g77 texinfo bison flex gperf readline;
-  buildInputs = [autoconf g77 texinfo bison flex gperf readline ncurses] ;
+  inherit autoconf gcc g77 texinfo bison flex gperf readline;
+  buildInputs = [autoconf gcc g77 texinfo bison flex gperf readline ncurses] ;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 05a28bc317cd..c5b2172ac68a 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   octave = (import ../development/interpreters/octave) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv autoconf g77 texinfo flex gperf readline ncurses;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv autoconf gcc g77 texinfo flex gperf readline ncurses;
     bison = bisonnew;
   };