diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix
index 9a3daa3d2705e..aa79a45aae204 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${libtirpc.dev}/include/tirpc" ];
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-ltirpc" ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-ltirpc" "-ldl" "-lpthread" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html";