diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 73572ba2afde72..7660c3afc55302 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11667,6 +11667,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vxl = callPackage ../development/libraries/vxl {
     libpng = libpng12;
+    stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc6; # upstream code incompatible with gcc7
   };
 
   wavpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/wavpack {