diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
index 65e4463600a9..543e3ca897f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 gtk shared-mime-info hicolor-icon-theme libSM ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-ldl" "-lm" ];
 
   patches = [
     ./rox-filer-2.11-in-source-build.patch