diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 5b724ef2..2a3180d3 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ else:
       # If we're POSIX, we use LUA_USE_LINUX since that combines usual lua posix defines with dlfcn calls for dynamic library loading.
       # Should work on any *nix
       env.Append(CCFLAGS = ["-DLUA_USE_LINUX"])
+      env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ["-ldl"])
   
   ### Search for gd if we're not in Windows
   if env['PLATFORM'] != 'win32' and env['PLATFORM'] != 'cygwin' and env['CREATE_AVI'] and env['LOGO']: