diff --git a/srcpkgs/w3m/template b/srcpkgs/w3m/template
index 2d2faec9d5e..1a910b39271 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/w3m/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/w3m/template
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ checksum=e994d263f2fd2c22febfbe45103526e00145a7674a0fda79c822b97c2770a9e3
 
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 
+LDFLAGS="-lX11"
+
 pre_build() {
 	# build host mktable
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then