diff --git a/srcpkgs/ristretto/template b/srcpkgs/ristretto/template
index beba61840cc..30c5a10cfb2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ristretto/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ristretto/template
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/ristretto"
 distfiles="http://archive.se.xfce.org/src/apps/$pkgname/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2b6816de298e9a0d9b95662664690713c4123a9ac813a27bdde4727a03472d79
+
+LDFLAGS="-lX11"