diff --git a/srcpkgs/graphite/template b/srcpkgs/graphite/template
index 344e1997614..15ca2fb1288 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/graphite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/graphite/template
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ homepage="https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite"
 distfiles="https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/releases/download/${version}/graphite2-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=f99d1c13aa5fa296898a181dff9b82fb25f6cc0933dbaa7a475d8109bd54209d
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	LDFLAGS+=" -L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lssp_nonshared"
+fi
+
+pre_configure() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686-musl) # fails to link against ssp_nonshared with -nodefaultlibs
+		vsed -i src/CMakeLists.txt -e "s;-nodefaultlibs;;"
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
 graphite-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"