diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/a2jmidid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/a2jmidid/default.nix
index f443aec43ddb..70709ae4ac4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/a2jmidid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/a2jmidid/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, alsaLib, dbus, libjack2
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, alsaLib, dbus, libjack2
 , wafHook
 , python2Packages}:
 
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig makeWrapper wafHook ];
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib dbus libjack2 python dbus-python ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://repo.or.cz/a2jmidid.git/patch/24e3b8e543256ae8fdfb4b75eb9fd775f07c46e2;
+      sha256 = "1nxrvnhxlgqc9wbxnp1gnpw4wjyzxvymwcg1gh2nqzmssgfykfkc";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://repo.or.cz/a2jmidid.git/patch/7f82da7eb2f540a94db23331be98d42a58ddc269;
+      sha256 = "1nab9zf0agbcj5pvhl90pz0cx1d204d4janqflc5ymjhy8jyrsdv";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/a2j_control --set PYTHONPATH $PYTHONPATH
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitmeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitmeter/default.nix
index 5f3229dc157c..fbe2c97042f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitmeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitmeter/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libjack2, gtk2, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, autoreconfHook, fetchurl, libjack2, gtk2, pkgconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bitmeter-${version}";
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "09ck2gxqky701dc1p0ip61rrn16v0pdc7ih2hc2sd63zcw53g2a7";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libjack2 gtk2 ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-sound/bitmeter/files/bitmeter-1.2-fix-build-system.patch;
+      sha256 = "021mz6933iw7mpk6b9cbjr8naj6smbq1hwqjszlyx72qbwrrid7k";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://devel.tlrmx.org/audio/bitmeter/;
     description = "Also known as jack bitscope. Useful to detect denormals";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix
index d68e67d19dd4..26a717dbd6e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libjack2 ladspaH gtk2 alsaLib libxml2 librdf ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-ldl"
+    "-lm"
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = ''An effects "rack" for the JACK low latency audio API'';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix
index 9d2950735976..7fb5a01e2c80 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib gtk2 libjack2 libxml2 makeWrapper
     pkgconfig readline ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libuuid ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+    "-lpthread"
+    "-luuid"
+  ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     for i in lash_control lash_panel
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
index d013a26277e8..53afcdd2306a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   preConfigure = "cd src";
 
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib cmake makeWrapper libGLU_combined qt4 ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lGL" "-lpthread" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/pianobooster \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/timemachine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/timemachine/default.nix
index 8837566b13d0..643f50752985 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/timemachine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/timemachine/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS =  [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "JACK audio recorder";
     homepage = http://plugin.org.uk/timemachine/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/texmacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/texmacs/default.nix
index d3d95e5886a5..ac5ac34d2145 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/texmacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/texmacs/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ guile_1_8 qt4 makeWrapper ghostscriptX freetype ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lz" ];
 
   postInstall = "wrapProgram $out/bin/texmacs --suffix PATH : " +
         (if ghostscriptX == null then "" else "${ghostscriptX}/bin:") +
@@ -33,12 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   inherit (common) postPatch;
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    bin="$out/libexec/TeXmacs/bin/texmacs.bin"
-    rpath=$(patchelf --print-rpath "$bin")
-    patchelf --set-rpath "$rpath:${zlib.out}/lib" "$bin"
-  '';
-
   meta = common.meta // {
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.roconnor ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;  # arbitrary choice
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix
index 52df41c683cd..6668bc42a8b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional useUnrar unrar;
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''patchShebangs version.sh'';
 
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/autopanosiftc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/autopanosiftc/default.nix
index 5fd1810bc284..c64604975ab0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/autopanosiftc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/autopanosiftc/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake libpng libtiff libjpeg panotools libxml2 ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-gfx/autopano-sift-C/files/autopano-sift-C-2.5.1-lm.patch;
+      sha256 = "1bfcr5sps0ip9gl4jprji5jgf9wkczz6d2clsjjlbsy8r3ixi3lv";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://hugin.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "Implementation in C of the autopano-sift algorithm for automatically stitching panoramas";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix
index 9c736f5ffb57..14c7bb1be61a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/cinepaint/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-llcms -ljpeg -lX11";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lm -llcms -ljpeg -lpng -lX11";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.cinepaint.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/goxel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/goxel/default.nix
index c553b7cf60c4..71ee715b535d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/goxel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/goxel/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ scons pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ glfw3 gtk3 libpng12 ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
     make release
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix
index 75140bd005d5..205376b1257c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A fast image viewer";
     homepage = http://gqview.sourceforge.net;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix
index f69152820e43..202c1669f858 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, dbus-glib, gtk2, pkgconfig, wordnet }:
+{ stdenv, autoreconfHook, fetchurl, dbus-glib, gtk2, pkgconfig, wordnet }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "artha-${version}";
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0qr4ihl7ma3cq82xi1fpzvf74mm9vsg0j035xvmcp3r6rmw2fycx";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ dbus-glib gtk2 wordnet ];
 
+  patches = [
+    ./gio-underlink.patch
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An offline thesaurus based on WordNet";
     homepage = http://artha.sourceforge.net;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/gio-underlink.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/gio-underlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08d9c4787369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/gio-underlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 0236d72..bcc1182 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ artha_LDADD = libwni.a $(WORDNET_LIB)
+ 
+ if POSIX
+ AM_CFLAGS += @libdbus_CFLAGS@
+-artha_LDADD += -lX11 -ldbus-1 -ldbus-glib-1 -lgtk-x11-2.0 \
++artha_LDADD += -lX11 -ldbus-1 -ldbus-glib-1 -lgio-2.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 \
+ 		-lgdk-x11-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0
+ else
+ artha_LDADD += @GTK_LIBS@
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnuradio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnuradio/default.nix
index a7c00cceaa72..f9a50313c472 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnuradio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnuradio/default.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     Mako cheetah numpy scipy matplotlib pyqt4 pygtk wxPython pyopengl
   ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/golden-cheetah/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/golden-cheetah/default.nix
index 01447281fe76..edf16f806a6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/golden-cheetah/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/golden-cheetah/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     qtconnectivity
   ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ flex makeWrapper qmake yacc ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lz"
+  ];
   preConfigure = ''
     cp src/gcconfig.pri.in src/gcconfig.pri
     cp qwt/qwtconfig.pri.in qwt/qwtconfig.pri
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix
index 8f69abd3a987..2a3b2e61fc23 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I${src}/include_mod" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     install -D -m 755 k2pdfopt $out/bin/k2pdfopt
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix
index bde30d9041ae..08bea18d8e9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tangogps/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ gettext gtk2 gconf curl libexif sqlite libxml2 ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lm" ];
 
   # bogus includes fail with newer library version
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xautoclick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xautoclick/default.nix
index 045354da3d60..bf3d9b737a9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xautoclick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xautoclick/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir .bin
     ln -s ${qt4}/bin/moc .bin/moc-qt4
     addToSearchPath PATH .bin
+    sed -i -e "s@LD=\$_cc@LD=\$_cxx@" configure
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/skype-call-recorder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/skype-call-recorder/default.nix
index 5fcee73c0f90..3ac2b567a8cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/skype-call-recorder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/skype-call-recorder/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches = [ ./conference.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake lame id3lib libvorbis qt4 libogg ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lvorbis" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://atdot.ch/scr/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/offrss/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/offrss/default.nix
index d499916c7b6c..d91bfbae501d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/offrss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/offrss/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform) podofo
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) libiconv;
 
-  configurePhase = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isLinux) ''
+  configurePhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace '$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)' '$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)'
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isLinux) ''
     sed 's/#EXTRA/EXTRA/' -i Makefile
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
     sed 's/^PDF/#PDF/' -i Makefile
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/avogadro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/avogadro/default.nix
index 78cda9d115ce..a569b82ff59d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/avogadro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/avogadro/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-include ${libGLU_combined}/include/GL/glu.h";
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = https://data.gpo.zugaina.org/fusion809/sci-chemistry/avogadro/files/avogadro-1.1.0-xlibs.patch;
+      sha256 = "1p113v19z3zwr9gxj2k599f8p97a8rwm93pa4amqvd0snn31mw0k";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Molecule editor and visualizer";
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/beta.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/beta.nix
index 83b9c5a04a19..ebc476d3c6d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/beta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/beta.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags=[
     "AM_LDFLAGS="
   ];
-  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lpython${python2.majorVersion} -lperl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lpython${python2.majorVersion} -lperl -ldl -lGL";
   preConfigure=''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L$(dirname "$(find ${perl} -name libperl.so)")"
     export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
index 35c6d33d74da..0ee188cc19d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "SVN_INCLUDE=${subversion.dev}/include/subversion-1"
   ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lsvn_fs-1"
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/svn-all-fast-export/svn2git;
     description = "A fast-import based converter for an svn repo to git repos";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/aegisub/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/aegisub/default.nix
index 3dd0cc5adc29..d4208aee62e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/aegisub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/aegisub/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "bindnow" "relro" ];
 
+  # this is fixed upstream though not yet in an officially released version,
+  # should be fine remove on next release (if one ever happens)
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = "ln -s $out/bin/aegisub-* $out/bin/aegisub";
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kino/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kino/default.nix
index d6404a82bc34..4ddd84433e88 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kino/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kino/default.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lavcodec"
+    "-lavutil"
+  ];
+
   patches = [ ./kino-1.3.4-v4l1.patch ./kino-1.3.4-libav-0.7.patch ./kino-1.3.4-libav-0.8.patch ]; #./kino-1.3.4-libavcodec-pkg-config.patch ];
 
   postInstall = "
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
index 65e4463600a9..543e3ca897f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 gtk shared-mime-info hicolor-icon-theme libSM ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-ldl" "-lm" ];
 
   patches = [
     ./rox-filer-2.11-in-source-build.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/gtk-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/gtk-server/default.nix
index ab295dab4443..6f5a5ec0f198 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/gtk-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/gtk-server/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureOptions = [ "--with-gtk2" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-ldl"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "gtk-server for interpreted GUI programming";
     homepage = http://www.gtk-server.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
index c2b120576ea2..188058a73b52 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ bison flex makeWrapper ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ llvm gmp mpfr readline ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lLLVMJIT" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     for f in expr.cc matcher.cc printer.cc symtable.cc parserdefs.hh; do
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
index ef1307c97112..5ff5e609723e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0czccp4fcpf2ykp16xcrzdfmnircz1ynhls334q374xknd5747d2";
   };
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-shared"
+  ];
+
   # fails 1 out of 1 tests with "BAD GLOBAL SYMBOLS" on i686
   # which can also be fixed with
   # hardeningDisable = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isi686 "pic";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix
index e65980be320e..a6ab33d20f77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     unzip cmake libGLU_combined freeglut libX11 xproto inputproto libXi
   ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBOX2D_INSTALL=ON" "-DBOX2D_BUILD_SHARED=ON" ];
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBOX2D_INSTALL=ON"
+    "-DBOX2D_BUILD_SHARED=ON"
+    "-DBOX2D_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF"
+  ];
 
   prePatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Box2D/Common/b2Settings.h \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix
index a8555a349d08..fb25b0a58108 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/buddy/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ bison ];
   patches = [ ./gcc-4.3.3-fixes.patch ];
   configureFlags = [ "CFLAGS=-O3" "CXXFLAGS=-O3" ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cwiid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cwiid/default.nix
index ee646b24c81a..246dd009820c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cwiid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cwiid/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lbluetooth"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     # Some programs (for example, cabal-install) have problems with the double 0
     sed -i -e "s/0.6.00/0.6.0/" $out/lib/pkgconfig/cwiid.pc
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus/default.nix
index 6190f6ddc52a..163b0f4be883 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ dbus glib expat ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-ecore" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-ecore" "--disable-tests" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://dbus-cplusplus.sourceforge.net;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
index 39ff74681690..1b5facbc0d06 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # TODO: some issues with temporary files
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   configureFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
index 6bc2ea8af896..0cdfd1f4a7b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libintl
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks;
     [ IOKit CoreFoundation DiskArbitration ]);
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lm" ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfakekey/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfakekey/default.nix
index fa04655341d4..2a8e461d27eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfakekey/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfakekey/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libXi libXtst xextproto ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lX11"
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "X virtual keyboard library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatchbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatchbox/default.nix
index 798aef8e7da7..8ff02b49e584 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatchbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatchbox/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libXft libICE pango libjpeg ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libX11 libXext libpng ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lX11"
+  ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/matchbox/libmatchbox/${version}/libmatchbox-${version}.tar.bz2";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sipsimple/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sipsimple/default.nix
index 1df36dcf5d0a..bf76166d73b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sipsimple/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sipsimple/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   preConfigure = ''
     chmod +x ./deps/pjsip/configure ./deps/pjsip/aconfigure
+    export LD=$CC
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqlitebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqlitebrowser/default.nix
index 1b4a4b7f50b2..929dfc61ba33 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqlitebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqlitebrowser/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake antlr qttools ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lQt5PrintSupport"
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   # We have to patch out Test and PrintSupport to make this work with Qt 5.9
diff --git a/pkgs/games/airstrike/default.nix b/pkgs/games/airstrike/default.nix
index a0bbd3b1c671..02ea6f688069 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/airstrike/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/airstrike/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper SDL SDL_image ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     ls -l
     mkdir -p $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
index bed3abccf9b4..206ed02e69ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-fpermissive" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-ldl"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/;
     description = "Chess interface for Unix-like systems";
diff --git a/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix b/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix
index 29ad352c3168..98ab4d27d5f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/egoboo/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
   */
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "3D dungeon crawling adventure";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix b/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix
index 0c3b184b4952..a539b79339f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sconsFlags+=" DATADIR=$out/share/globulation2/glob2"
   '';
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lboost_system"
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "RTS without micromanagement";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/games/gnujump/default.nix b/pkgs/games/gnujump/default.nix
index ae2cbd818417..d4cbb04f39b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/gnujump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/gnujump/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image SDL_mixer ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://jump.gnu.sinusoid.es/";
     description = "A clone of the simple yet addictive game Xjump";
diff --git a/pkgs/games/opendungeons/default.nix b/pkgs/games/opendungeons/default.nix
index 2a162525388f..3c4e85a91e5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/opendungeons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/opendungeons/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ cmake ogre cegui boost sfml openal ois ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An open source, real time strategy game sharing game elements with the Dungeon Keeper series and Evil Genius.";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtkit/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtkit/default.nix
index 059b09449619..78bcd925aea0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtkit/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ dbus libcap ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lrt" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/rtkit;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/fileshelter/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/fileshelter/default.nix
index 01fb8c624820..d7510e7d1e03 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/fileshelter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/fileshelter/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libzip boost wt3 libconfig ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lpthread"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     ln -s ${wt3}/share/Wt/resources $out/share/fileshelter/docroot/resources
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/svnfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/svnfs/default.nix
index 333714182177..ebfb211732e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/svnfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/svnfs/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I ${subversion.dev}/include/subversion-1";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lsvn_client-1";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lsvn_client-1 -lsvn_subr-1";
 
   meta = {
     description = "FUSE filesystem for accessing Subversion repositories";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix
index 37073daa699d..1e747961499c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parcellite/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook intltool pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk2 hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lgio-2.0" ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     # Need which and xdotool on path to fix auto-pasting.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix
index 6a5e674b698b..4d91c184b0ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libXtst qt4 ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lX11" ];
   patchPhase = ''
     cd src
     substituteInPlace config --replace /bin/bash /bin/sh
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
index 41acb533a3de..50a3c98af0f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ glib pcap ];
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lglib-2.0";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lglib-2.0 -lpthread";
   postPatch = ''
     for patch in debian/patches/*.patch; do
       patch < $patch
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ssmtp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ssmtp/default.nix
index 4c906812f64d..22f60bfcee55 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ssmtp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ssmtp/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional tlsSupport openssl;
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optional tlsSupport [ "-lcrypto" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/gdmap/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/gdmap/default.nix
index 72938216b0a4..0c254bb28545 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/gdmap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/gdmap/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lm"
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://gdmap.sourceforge.net;
     description = "Recursive rectangle map of disk usage";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/libmtquery/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/libmtquery/default.nix
index 153184bf70f3..8b2032dcaba5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/libmtquery/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/libmtquery/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ libmtsupport libfacet libbtree multitrandata ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    "-lbtree"
+  ];
+
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -i -e 's@\$(DESTDIR)/usr@'$out'@' \
       -e 's@/usr/include/mt/support@${libmtsupport}/include/mt/support@' \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/qshowdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/qshowdiff/default.nix
index 761a498bcfb6..e3970c059027 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/qshowdiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/qshowdiff/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configurePhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/{bin,man/man1}
-    makeFlags="PREFIX=$out"
+    makeFlags="PREFIX=$out CC=$CXX"
   '';
 
   meta = {