diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
index 2be09eb16324..97f759ef0cbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ nodePackages // {
 
   ios-deploy = nodePackages.ios-deploy.override (oldAttrs: {
     preRebuild = ''
+      LD=$CC
       tmp=$(mktemp -d)
       ln -s /usr/bin/xcodebuild $tmp
       export PATH="$PATH:$tmp"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
index ed0477a639a7..701648da2280 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ nodePackages // {
 
   ios-deploy = nodePackages.ios-deploy.override (oldAttrs: {
     preRebuild = ''
+      LD=$CC
       tmp=$(mktemp -d)
       ln -s /usr/bin/xcodebuild $tmp
       export PATH="$PATH:$tmp"