diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/milkytracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/milkytracker/default.nix
index 7f86e2c20716..bc508f92e3b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/milkytracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/milkytracker/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 alsaLib libjack2 lhasa perl rtmidi zlib zziplib ];
 
+  # Somehow this does not get set automatically
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DSDL2MAIN_LIBRARY=${SDL2}/lib/libSDL2.so" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Music tracker application, similar to Fasttracker II";
     homepage = http://milkytracker.org;