diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix
index 9c736f5ffb57..14c7bb1be61a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-llcms -ljpeg -lX11";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lm -llcms -ljpeg -lpng -lX11";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.cinepaint.org/;