diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2a93945f..4d09df6c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ fi
 
 COMMON_CFLAGS="$GLIB_CFLAGS"
 COMMON_LIBS="$GLIB_LIBS"
+COMMON_LIBS="$COMMON_LIBS -lgmodule-2.0"
 
 dnl *********************************************************************
 dnl ** GTK **************************************************************