diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/netsniff-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/netsniff-ng/default.nix
index 36028208f56..a6bf4383b31 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/netsniff-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/netsniff-ng/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 , liburcu
 , ncurses
 , pkg-config
+, gnumake42
 , zlib
 }:
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     flex
     makeWrapper
     pkg-config
+    gnumake42 # fails with make 4.4
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [