diff --git a/gnu/packages/golang.scm b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
index 2c31632db6..51fd2841ad 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/golang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ (define-public go-1.4
     (inputs
      `(("tzdata" ,tzdata)
        ("pcre" ,pcre)
-       ("gcc:lib" ,gcc "lib")))
+       ("gcc:lib" ,(canonical-package gcc) "lib")))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("which" ,which)