diff --git a/backends/sysdeps/ChangeLog b/backends/sysdeps/ChangeLog
index 7a9441ee..a2783e0e 100644
--- a/backends/sysdeps/ChangeLog
+++ b/backends/sysdeps/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-01-22  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* libgtop-sysdeps.backend: Added "ExtraLibs" section to
+	load `-lgtop_sysdeps'.
+
 2000-01-12  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Install everything in $(LIBGTOP_BACKEND_DIR).
diff --git a/backends/sysdeps/libgtop-sysdeps.backend b/backends/sysdeps/libgtop-sysdeps.backend
index 5bdc519d..57c452af 100644
--- a/backends/sysdeps/libgtop-sysdeps.backend
+++ b/backends/sysdeps/libgtop-sysdeps.backend
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
     <libgtop:Location>
       <libgtop:LibtoolName>libgtop_backend_sysdeps.la</libgtop:LibtoolName>
       <libgtop:ShlibName>libgtop_backend_sysdeps.so</libgtop:ShlibName>
+      <libgtop:ExtraLibs>
+        <libgtop:ExtraLib>
+          <libgtop:LibtoolName>libgtop_sysdeps.la</libgtop:LibtoolName>
+          <libgtop:ShlibName>libgtop_sysdeps.so</libgtop:ShlibName>
+        </libgtop:ExtraLib>
+      </libgtop:ExtraLibs>
     </libgtop:Location>
   </libgtop:Backend>