diff --git a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
index bed3abccf9b..206ed02e69c 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-fpermissive" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-ldl"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/;
     description = "Chess interface for Unix-like systems";