diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xara/default.nix
index dc296c5b481a..495e1f930762 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xara/default.nix
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   buildInputs = [automake autoconf gettext libtool cvs wxGTK gtk pkgconfig libxml2 zip libpng libjpeg];
   configureFlags = "--with-wx-config --disable-svnversion --disable-international";
+
+  patches = [./gtk_cflags.patch];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xara/gtk_cflags.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xara/gtk_cflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..842236073996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xara/gtk_cflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -rc XaraLX-0.7r1766/Makefile.in XaraLX-0.7r1766.new/Makefile.in
+*** XaraLX-0.7r1766/Makefile.in	2007-01-31 13:43:04.000000000 +0100
+--- XaraLX-0.7r1766.new/Makefile.in	2007-05-15 00:19:36.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 256,262 ****
+  @DARWIN_LINK_TRUE@XaraLX_SOURCES = Kernel/*.o wxOil/*.o tools/*.o wxXtra/*.o
+  @DARWIN_LINK_FALSE@XaraLX_LDSOURCE = -Wl,--start-group $(XaraLX_SOURCES) -Wl,--end-group
+  @DARWIN_LINK_TRUE@XaraLX_LDSOURCE = $(XaraLX_SOURCES)
+! XaraLX_LDFLAGS = --debug -L$(srcdir)/$(CDRAW_LIB_DIR) $(WX_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(LIBXML2_LIBS) -lCDraw
+  UNZIP = unzip
+  ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+  all: all-recursive
+--- 256,262 ----
+  @DARWIN_LINK_TRUE@XaraLX_SOURCES = Kernel/*.o wxOil/*.o tools/*.o wxXtra/*.o
+  @DARWIN_LINK_FALSE@XaraLX_LDSOURCE = -Wl,--start-group $(XaraLX_SOURCES) -Wl,--end-group
+  @DARWIN_LINK_TRUE@XaraLX_LDSOURCE = $(XaraLX_SOURCES)
+! XaraLX_LDFLAGS = --debug -L$(srcdir)/$(CDRAW_LIB_DIR) $(GTK_LIBS) $(WX_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(LIBXML2_LIBS) -lCDraw
+  UNZIP = unzip
+  ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+  all: all-recursive