diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 96802bfe..02c8c646 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dnl Darwin's stupid cpp preprocessor....
 echo Host type is $host
 case $host in
 *linux*)
-	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DHAVE_SOCKLEN_T";;
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DHAVE_SOCKLEN_T"; LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lefence";;
 *darwin*)
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -no-cpp-precomp -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN -DHAVE_SOCKLEN_T";;
 esac