diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/nyxt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/nyxt/default.nix
index c1f16bda6aa1..84cae74b7ff8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/nyxt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/nyxt/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   # for cffi
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [
+  env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [
     glib
     gobject-introspection
     gdk-pixbuf