diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/figlet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/figlet/default.nix
index f68ae1ec2455..86434847b4a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/figlet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/figlet/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "figlet-2.2.5";
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0za1ax15x7myjl8jz271ybly8ln9kb9zhm1gf6rdlxzhs07w925z";
   };
 
-  installPhase = "make prefix=$out install";
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/plain/main/figlet/musl-fix-cplusplus-decls.patch?h=3.4-stable&id=71776c73a6f04b6f671430f702bcd40b29d48399;
+      name = "musl-fix-cplusplus-decls.patch";
+      sha256 = "1720zgrfk9makznqkbjrnlxm7nnhk6zx7g458fv53337n3g3zn7j";
+    })
+  ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/{man/man6,bin}
-    makeFlags="DESTDIR=$out/bin MANDIR=$out/man/man6 DEFAULTFONTDIR=$out/share/figlet CC=cc LD=cc"
-  '';
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" "CC:=$(CC)" "LD:=$(CC)" ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Program for making large letters out of ordinary text";