diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix
index 129b72d847d4..705fc12510db 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sic";
   version = "1.2";
 
-  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://dl.suckless.org/tools/sic-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "ac07f905995e13ba2c43912d7a035fbbe78a628d7ba1c256f4ca1372fb565185";
   };
 
+  makeFlags = [ "CC:=$(CC)" ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Simple IRC client";
     homepage = "https://tools.suckless.org/sic/";