diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 097ffdcee96f..49bc3417f36c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ let
     rGEDI = with pkgs; [ libgeotiff.dev libaec zlib.dev hdf5.dev ];
     rawrr = [ pkgs.mono ];
     HDF5Array = [ pkgs.zlib.dev ];
-    FLAMES = [ pkgs.zlib.dev ];
+    FLAMES = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev bzip2.dev xz.dev ];
     ncdfFlow = [ pkgs.zlib.dev ];
     proj4 = [ pkgs.proj.dev ];
     rtmpt = [ pkgs.gsl ];
@@ -1215,6 +1215,10 @@ let
       patches = [ ./patches/spMC.patch ];
     });
 
+    FLAMES = old.FLAMES.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+      patches = [ ./patches/FLAMES.patch ];
+    });
+
     openssl = old.openssl.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       preConfigure = ''
         patchShebangs configure
diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/FLAMES.patch b/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/FLAMES.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..334ea5156f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/FLAMES.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
+index 4f3fa42ce752..e48e45561292 100755
+--- a/src/Makevars
++++ b/src/Makevars
+@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ FILES = $(CFILES) $(CPPFILES)
+ SOURCES = $(FILES)
+ OBJECTS = $(CPPFILES:.cpp=.o) $(CFILES:.c=.o)
+ 
+-strippedLib: $(SHLIB)
+-	if test -e "/usr/bin/strip" & test -e "/bin/uname" & [[ `uname` == "Linux" ]] ; then /usr/bin/strip --strip-debug $(SHLIB); fi
+-clean:
+-	rm $(OBJECTS)
+-.phony: strippedLib clean
+-
+ RHTSLIB_LIBS=$(shell "${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/Rscript" -e \
+     'Rhtslib::pkgconfig("PKG_LIBS")')
+ RHTSLIB_CPPFLAGS=$(shell "${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/Rscript" -e \