diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/alpine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/alpine/default.nix
index 8e5e8d5a0de..f2769946f70 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/alpine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/alpine/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-ssl-include-dir=${openssl.dev}/include/openssl"
     "--with-tcl-lib=${tcl.libPrefix}"
+    "--with-passfile=.pine-passfile"
     ];
   preConfigure = ''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lgcc_s"