diff --git a/srcpkgs/libXxf86misc/template b/srcpkgs/libXxf86misc/template
index daf19dadb52..154d4608a51 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libXxf86misc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libXxf86misc/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libXxf86misc
 version=1.0.1
 revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-malloc0returnsnull"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="xproto xextproto xf86miscproto libX11-devel libXext-devel"
 short_desc="Library for the XFree86-Misc X extension"