diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77bb97eace3ff..364732b7559f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13694,7 +13694,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pmtools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pmtools { };
 
-  policycoreutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/policycoreutils { };
+  policycoreutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/policycoreutils {
+    # v2.4 doesn't build with gcc7. remove this for v2.7
+    stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc6;
+  };
 
   powerdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/powerdns { };