diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix
index ab68acda2770..47f2b8c90fb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, gtk, intltool, GConf, libsoup, libtasn1, nettle, gmp }:
 
+assert stdenv ? glibc;
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libgweather-2.30.3";
   src = fetchurl {