diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
index 01c84a1d1faa..690eb8b2eabb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   makeFlags = kernel.makeFlags ++ [ "INSTALL_ROOT=\"$(out)\"" "BINDIR=bin" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lgcc_s";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;