diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix
index 0189f9c141dd..a860eed37a72 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-1KkzYclOLGqiV1/8BsJ3e+pXMQ6a+sjLwZ7mjSuxxbA=";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optional waylandSupport ./wayland.patch;
+  # Fix freezing on Wayland (https://github.com/glfw/glfw/pull/1711)
+  # and linkage issues on X11 (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/142583)
+  patches = if waylandSupport then ./wayland.patch else ./x11.patch;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libGL ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/x11.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/x11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cadf53bfe70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/x11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index a0be580e..ba143851 100644
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ if (GLFW_BUILD_X11)
+     if (NOT X11_Xshape_INCLUDE_PATH)
+         message(FATAL_ERROR "X Shape headers not found; install libxext development package")
+     endif()
++
++    target_link_libraries(glfw PRIVATE ${X11_Xrandr_LIB}
++                                       ${X11_Xinerama_LIB}
++                                       ${X11_Xkb_LIB}
++                                       ${X11_Xcursor_LIB}
++                                       ${X11_Xi_LIB}
++                                       ${X11_Xshape_LIB})
+ endif()
+ 
+ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)