diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
index f45c96d2805..586c0a0acb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -e 's@</fontconfig>@@' -i chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
     echo "<dir>${liberation_ttf}</dir>" >> chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
     echo "</fontconfig>" >> chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
-   
+
     export FONTCONFIG_FILE=$(pwd)/chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
 
     cd src
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-shared" "--enable-lt=${libtool}/bin/libtool" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s";
+
   postInstall = ''
     for p in $(ls $out/bin/) ; do
       wrapProgram $out/bin/$p --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "${ffiSharedLibs}" ;