diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix
index 37073daa699d..1e747961499c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook intltool pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk2 hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lgio-2.0" ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     # Need which and xdotool on path to fix auto-pasting.