diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
index 39ff7468169..1b5facbc0d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # TODO: some issues with temporary files
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   configureFlags = [