--- python/Makefile.am~	2011-08-29 01:31:45.000000000 +0400
+++ python/Makefile.am	2011-09-30 00:43:03.000000000 +0400
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # we do this to suport building with -Wl,-z,defs which errors on
 # vtemodule.so as we cannot include $(PYTHON_LIBS) due to bug 410986.
 vtemodule_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex initvte $(PYTHON_LDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS)
-vtemodule_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libvte.la $(LIBS) $(PYGTK_LIBS) $(VTE_LIBS) $(X_LIBS)
+vtemodule_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libvte.la $(LIBS) $(PYGTK_LIBS) $(VTE_LIBS) $(X_LIBS) -lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 nodist_vtemodule_la_SOURCES = vte.c
 
 vte.c: vte.defs vte.override