diff --git a/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix b/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix
index 29ad352c316..98ab4d27d5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
   */
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "3D dungeon crawling adventure";