diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ki/kime/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ki/kime/package.nix
index b0debbb29f02..2fe8019f549f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ki/kime/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ki/kime/package.nix
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   RUST_BACKTRACE = 1;
+  # https://github.com/Riey/kime/issues/688
+  RUSTFLAGS = "-Clink-args=-L./target/release";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Riey/kime";