diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
index 68819fa7ab06..c22ad3f4cb0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ let
   flags = [
     "-nostdinc"
     "-nostdinc++"
-    "-isystem" "${glibc.dev}/include"
+    "-isystem" "${stdenv.lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include"
     "-I" "${unwrapped}/include"
     "-I" "${unwrapped}/lib/clang/5.0.2/include"
   ];