diff --git a/package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk b/package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk
index de11dfc91a..339f512f33 100644
--- a/package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk
+++ b/package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MATCHBOX_LIB_SITE = http://matchbox-project.org/sources/libmatchbox/$(MATCHBOX_L
 MATCHBOX_LIB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MATCHBOX_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf expat xlib_libXext
 MATCHBOX_LIB_CONF_OPT = --enable-expat --disable-doxygen-docs
+MATCHBOX_LIB_CONF_ENV = LIBS="-lX11"
 
 define MATCHBOX_LIB_POST_INSTALL_FIXES
  $(SED) 's:-I[^$$].*/usr/include/freetype2:-I/usr/include/freetype2:' $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libmb.pc