diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix
index bde30d9041a..08bea18d8e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ gettext gtk2 gconf curl libexif sqlite libxml2 ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lm" ];
 
   # bogus includes fail with newer library version
   postPatch = ''