diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblouis/template b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
index 4278b311f8..5a408f49d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/releases/download/v$version/$pkg
 checksum=c07d8232959bbe4f4a1bdc597a6aa228753526b47f2064bd119754da6cfd6f85
 pycompile_module='louis'
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl) ;;
+	*) configure_args+=" gl_cv_func_getopt_gnu=yes";;
+esac
+
 # See my commentary in patches/crosspython.patch
 # for justification of pre_build:
 pre_build() {