--- a/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@
 	gio-tool-tree.c					\
 	$(NULL)
 gio_LDADD = libgio-2.0.la 				\
+	$(top_builddir)/gmodule/libgmodule-2.0.la 	\
 	$(top_builddir)/gobject/libgobject-2.0.la	\
 	$(top_builddir)/glib/libglib-2.0.la		\
 	$(NULL)