diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix
index 30e7fa6f50f..8ea670c3818 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   configurePhase = ''
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${gfortran.cc.lib}/lib"
+
     autoconf
     ./configure CC=${clang}/bin/clang CXX=${clang}/bin/clang++ --prefix=$out
   '';