diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7545278b..fd7c7894 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ render_libobrender_la_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DDEFAULT_THEME=\"$(theme)\"
 render_libobrender_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
+render_libobrender_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(X_LIBS) \
+	$(XFT_LIBS) \
+	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
+	$(XML_LIBS) 
 render_libobrender_la_SOURCES = \
 	gettext.h \
 	render/color.h \