diff --git a/srcpkgs/libXfontcache/template b/srcpkgs/libXfontcache/template
index ae6fac20c4b..b1f8c5aa3d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libXfontcache/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libXfontcache/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libXfontcache
 version=1.0.4
 revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-malloc0returnsnull"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="xproto fontcacheproto libX11-devel libXext-devel"
 short_desc="X-TrueType font cache extension client library"