diff --git a/gio/Makefile.am b/gio/Makefile.am
index e14cad229..fc0b91855 100644
--- a/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ gio_SOURCES = \
 	$(NULL)
 gio_LDADD = libgio-2.0.la 				\
 	$(top_builddir)/gobject/libgobject-2.0.la	\
+	$(top_builddir)/gmodule/libgmodule-2.0.la	\
 	$(top_builddir)/glib/libglib-2.0.la		\
 	$(NULL)