diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ds/dsf2flac/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ds/dsf2flac/package.nix
index a0eeef57b39c..1f94ca04820d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ds/dsf2flac/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ds/dsf2flac/package.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    export LIBS="$LIBS -lz"
+    export LIBS="$LIBS -lz -lboost_timer"
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [ "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib" ];