diff --git a/srcpkgs/gv/template b/srcpkgs/gv/template
index 277ff8707fe..ce1ba715a0a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gv/template
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ makedepends="libX11-devel libXmu-devel libXpm-devel libXext-devel
 depends="ghostscript"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="2162b3b3a95481d3855b3c4e28f974617eef67824523e56e20b56f12fe201a61"
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl) configure_args+=" --enable-SIGCHLD-fallback" ;;
+esac