diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5052c37..880f23e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ src_backend_libbackend_la_LDFLAGS = \
 		$(LT_LDFLAGS) \
 		-version-info 0:0:0 \
 		-export-dynamic
+src_backend_libbackend_la_LIBADD = \
+		$(GLIBMM_LIBS)
 
 # Please keep this in sorted order:
 src_backend_libbackend_la_SOURCES = \