diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
index fe3549eee572..f801f83c9895 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 , cups
 , AppKit
 , Cocoa
+, libexecinfo
 , broadwaySupport ? true
 }:
 
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cups
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     Cocoa
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
+    libexecinfo
   ];
   #TODO: colord?
 
@@ -180,7 +183,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # These are the defines that'd you'd get with --enable-debug=minimum (default).
   # See: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-building.html#extra-configuration-options
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS";
+  env = {
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS";
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl {
+    NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lexecinfo";
+  };
 
   postPatch = ''
     files=(