diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/wxmacmolplt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/wxmacmolplt/default.nix
index 4e8dbb6f0768..13bcf2d1dc66 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/wxmacmolplt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/wxmacmolplt/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     xorg.libX11.dev
   ];
 
+  configureFlags = [ "LDFLAGS=-lGL" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {