diff --git a/src/hydra-eval-jobs/Makefile.am b/src/hydra-eval-jobs/Makefile.am
index 7a4e9c91..90742a30 100644
--- a/src/hydra-eval-jobs/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/hydra-eval-jobs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = hydra-eval-jobs
 
 hydra_eval_jobs_SOURCES = hydra-eval-jobs.cc
-hydra_eval_jobs_LDADD = $(NIX_LIBS)
+hydra_eval_jobs_LDADD = $(NIX_LIBS) -lnixcmd
 hydra_eval_jobs_CXXFLAGS = $(NIX_CFLAGS) -I ../libhydra