diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 999e8a7d5bf7..25a518310038 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_zconf.tab.o	:= -I$(src)
 HOSTLOADLIBES_qconf	= $(KC_QT_LIBS) -ldl
 HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf.o	= $(KC_QT_CFLAGS) -D LKC_DIRECT_LINK
 
-HOSTLOADLIBES_gconf	= `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0`
+HOSTLOADLIBES_gconf	= `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0` -ldl
 HOSTCFLAGS_gconf.o	= `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0` \
                           -D LKC_DIRECT_LINK