diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
index 02096cd6141..632bc50c869 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, libjpeg, libtiff, libungif, libpng, imlib, xlibs, automake, pkgconfig,
-  gtk }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, libjpeg, libtiff, libungif, libpng, imlib
+, xlibs, automake, pkgconfig, gtk }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "icewm-1.3.6";
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1pr7rc10rddwvy4ncng4mf5fpxd1nqjsw34xba9ngsg32rg57b91";
   };
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lfontconfig";
+
   # The fuloong2f is not supported by 1.3.6 still
   preConfigure = ''
     cp ${automake}/share/automake*/config.{sub,guess} .