diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
index 000f0e55bb4..0b541d8104d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0yw813d8amrl0n1fvdiyznxah92wcylj9kj1qhjc6h73d827h6na";
   };
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lfontconfig";
+
   # The fuloong2f is not supported by 1.3.6 still
   #
   # Don't know whether 1.3.7 supports fuloong2f and don't know how to test it