diff --git a/srcpkgs/whois/template b/srcpkgs/whois/template
index 2bba8becd0..c73edfbab7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/whois/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/whois/template
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/w/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=f053ebe766f7a6f42859e6a4abd3f18741f9788aaeb1b129c3c8de95085635da
 
 do_build() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		*-musl) LDFLAGS+=" -lintl";;
+	esac
 	make CC=$CC prefix=/usr HAVE_LIBIDN=1
 }
 do_install() {