diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/spatialite-tools/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sp/spatialite-tools/package.nix
index e7fd11efae7e..bd1bc0bacd45 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sp/spatialite-tools/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sp/spatialite-tools/package.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   env = {
     NIX_LDFLAGS = toString [
+      "-lm"
       "-lxml2"
       (lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-liconv")
     ];