diff --git a/srcpkgs/sent/template b/srcpkgs/sent/template
index 42177a3f35..5ea29ee8ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sent/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	cat <<! >>config.mk
 INCS = -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/freetype2
 INCS+= -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/X11
-LIBS = -lXft -lfontconfig -lX11
+LIBS = -lc -lm -lXft -lfontconfig -lX11
 !
 }