diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/midori/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/midori/default.nix
index a2a8c5ded7e1..9eaf254b23b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/midori/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/midori/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     -DUSE_ZEITGEIST=OFF
   '';
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lX11";
+
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/midori \
       --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${glib_networking}/lib/gio/modules" \