diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
index c2b120576ea..188058a73b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ bison flex makeWrapper ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ llvm gmp mpfr readline ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lLLVMJIT" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     for f in expr.cc matcher.cc printer.cc symtable.cc parserdefs.hh; do