diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gcc/libgcc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gcc/libgcc/default.nix
index ab62fdf3fa20..f658106802b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gcc/libgcc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gcc/libgcc/default.nix
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ stdenvNoLibs.mkDerivation rec {
 
     "--with-system-zlib"
   ] ++ lib.optional (stdenvNoLibs.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc")
-       "--with-glibc-version=${glibc.version}";
+       # libgcc expects a glibc version of the format X.Y while we usually have a version X.Y-Z where Z is our patchlevel.
+       "--with-glibc-version=${builtins.head (builtins.split "-" glibc.version)}";
 
   configurePlatforms = [ "build" "host" ];
   configureFlags = [