diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
index 47754db1f2d..b8940bcd96e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ncurses glib openssl perl libintlOrEmpty ];
   
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lncurses";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = ncurses.ldflags;
   
   configureFlags = "--with-proxy --with-ncurses --enable-ssl --with-perl=yes";