diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 4def53941..6ad52779a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Set the C flags to include the GTK+ and Python libraries
 PYTHONVER = `python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:3]'`
 CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -fPIC -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHONVER) -I.
-LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0`
+LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -lpython$(PYTHONVER)
 
 all: trayicon.so gtkspell.so
 
diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile
index 050c247f5..df4b61d77 100644
--- a/src/common/Makefile
+++ b/src/common/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ HAVE_XSCRNSAVER = $(shell pkg-config --exists xscrnsaver && echo 'YES')
 ifeq ($(HAVE_XSCRNSAVER),YES)
 # We link with libXScrnsaver from modular X.Org X11
 CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0 xscrnsaver` -fpic -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHONVER) -I.
-LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0 xscrnsaver`
+LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0 xscrnsaver` -lpython$(PYTHONVER)
 else
 # # We link with libXScrnsaver from monolithic X.Org X11
 CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -fpic -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHONVER) -I.
-LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -L/usr/X11R6$(LIBDIR) -lX11 -lXss -lXext
+LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -L/usr/X11R6$(LIBDIR) -lX11 \
+	-lXss -lXext -lpython$(PYTHONVER)
 endif
 
 all: idle.so