diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh
index c4b477fcec5a..3691791741ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lsqlite3"
+
 postInstall() {
 
     # Strip some more stuff