diff --git a/srcpkgs/libabigail/template b/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
index 18885966add..d3ffe860661 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ distfiles="http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}
 checksum=b0562a53d803a75cf9131b6c49d5db65d1ffd83ae80cdcdbdf989d5e1efb06bf
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	*-musl) makedepends+=" musl-fts-devel" ;;
+	*-musl) makedepends+=" musl-fts-devel"; LDFLAGS="-lfts" ;;
 esac
 
 pre_configure() {