diff --git a/apps/Makefile.am b/apps/Makefile.am
index 1ca81f3fbb..3a08b8cc06 100644
--- a/apps/Makefile.am
+++ b/apps/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ libapp_a_SOURCES = ../api/mfile.C ../lib/parse.C ../lib/filesys.C ../lib/shmem.C
 # when we are ready to build graphics apps on unix:
 # LDADD = -lm -lGL -lGLU -lpthread -L. -lapp
 
-LDADD = -lm $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) -L. -lapp
+LDADD = -lm $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) -L. -lapp ../lib/libboinc.a
 
 # upper_case_x11_SOURCES = upper_case_x11.C ../api/x_opengl.C ../api/boinc_api.C ../api/graphics_api.C
 # upper_case_x11_CPPFLAGS = -DBOINC_APP_GRAPHICS