diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a0d96ea5a2..b5b8efbb9d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ dnl Checks for libm - needed for pow()
 dnl
 LT_LIB_M
 
+dnl
+dnl Checks for libdl - on certain platforms its part of libc
+dnl
+AC_CHECK_LIB([dl], [dladdr], LIBDL="-ldl", LIBDL="")
+AC_SUBST(LIBDL)
+
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS, dbus-1 >= 1.1 dbus-glib-1 >= 0.75)
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_LIBS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a14e1d0beb..058fee76d5 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ NetworkManager_LDADD = \
 	$(GUDEV_LIBS) \
 	$(LIBNL_LIBS) \
 	$(GMODULE_LIBS) \
-	$(LIBM)
+	$(LIBM) \
+	$(LIBDL)
 
 NetworkManager_LDFLAGS = -rdynamic