diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index b847c9a5d7..51640b710f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -8432,7 +8432,7 @@ (define-public plink
     (inputs
      (list zlib lapack))
     (native-inputs
-     (list unzip))
+     (list unzip gcc-8))
     (home-page "http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/~purcell/plink/")
     (synopsis "Whole genome association analysis toolset")
     (description