diff --git a/packages.nix b/packages.nix
index ae7aee7..37a60b3 100644
--- a/packages.nix
+++ b/packages.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ in rec {
   genode-base-nova = genode.base-nova;
   genode-os = genode.os;
   libc = callPackage ./pkgs/libc { inherit depot; };
-  stdcxx = callPackage ./pkgs/stdcxx { inherit depot; };
+  stdcxx = callPackage ./pkgs/stdcxx { };
 
   dhallGenode = dhallPackages.genode;
   dhallPrelude = dhallPackages.prelude;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdcxx/default.nix b/pkgs/stdcxx/default.nix
index 937a647..f64c241 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdcxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdcxx/default.nix
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontBuild = true;
 
   installPhase = ''
-    cflags=$NIX_CXXSTDLIB_COMPILE \
-      substituteAll ${./stdcxx.pc} ${pname}.pc
+    cflags=$NIX_CXXSTDLIB_COMPILE libs=$NIX_CXXSTDLIB_LINK \
+    	substituteAll ${./stdcxx.pc} ${pname}.pc
     mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
     install -Dm444 *.pc $out/lib/pkgconfig
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/stdcxx/stdcxx.pc b/pkgs/stdcxx/stdcxx.pc
index e2d0ca2..1329cd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdcxx/stdcxx.pc
+++ b/pkgs/stdcxx/stdcxx.pc
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Description: Genode Standard C++ library
 Version: @version@
 Requires: libc libm
 Cflags:  @cflags@
+Libs: @libs@