diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/traceroute/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/traceroute/default.nix
index c941aad258c..eeb96936aea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/traceroute/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/traceroute/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "3669d22a34d3f38ed50caba18cd525ba55c5c00d5465f2d20d7472e5d81603b6";
   };
 
-  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" "LDFLAGS=-lm" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" "LDFLAGS=-lm" "env=yes" ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -i 's@LIBS := \(.*\) -lm \(.*\)@LIBS := \1 \2@' Make.rules