diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index b7347fd..2c63104 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ BITS          ?= AUTO
 SILENT        ?= YES
 TERSE         ?= NO
 STACK_PROTECT ?= NO
+NEED_LIBDL    ?= NO
 
 ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
 WINDOWS       ?= YES
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ ifeq ($(OPSYS),Haiku)
 LDLIBS        += -lnetwork
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(OPSYS),Linux)
+NEED_LIBDL = YES
+endif
+
 CFLAGS        += -I./src/
 
 ifeq ($(OPSYS),Windows)
@@ -120,6 +125,10 @@ CFLAGS        += -DSSL_SUPPORT
 LDLIBS        += -lssl -lcrypto
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(NEED_LIBDL),YES)
+LDLIBS        += -ldl
+endif
+
 GIT_VERSION=$(shell git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 GIT_REVISION=$(shell git show --abbrev-commit  2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d " " || echo "")
 OLD_REVISION=$(shell grep GIT_REVISION revision.h 2>/dev/null | cut -f 3 -d " " | tr -d "\"")