diff --git a/srcpkgs/xfce4-notifyd/template b/srcpkgs/xfce4-notifyd/template
index 852c19d3462..f20cd4a84f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xfce4-notifyd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xfce4-notifyd/template
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="http://archive.se.xfce.org/src/apps/$pkgname/0.2/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8c7ed62f9496816d1391281f77d1b32216f9bf6fd22fbe4f6f3f4e07a6bbced0
+
+LDFLAGS="-lX11" # due to --as-needed it's removed.