diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
index 3b5bff294c3..e500ff736d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ args : with args;
 		sha256 = "0zqgfnkvkqxby1k74mwba1r4pb520glcsz5jjmpzm9m41nqnghmm";
 	};
 
-		buildInputs = [gtk glib pkgconfig libXpm gmp gettext]
+		buildInputs = [gtk glib pkgconfig libXpm gmp gettext libX11]
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? ruby) args.ruby)
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? mesa) args.mesa)
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? guile) args.guile)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ args : with args;
 	in with localDefs;
 	let preBuild = FullDepEntry ("
 		cp config.log /tmp/snd-config.log
+		export NIX_LDFLAGS=\"$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${libX11}/lib -lX11 \"
 	") [minInit doUnpack];
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04ec6b9d1da..c792da2889a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6272,7 +6272,7 @@ let pkgs = rec {
   sndFun = lib.sumArgs (import ../applications/audio/snd) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs stringsWithDeps lib;
     inherit pkgconfig gmp gettext;
-    inherit (xlibs) libXpm;
+    inherit (xlibs) libXpm libX11;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk glib;
   };