diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index 433e587e..1196dc40 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 #undef LIBGTOP_MODEM_LOCKFILE
 
 /* Define to enable dynamic linking of the backends. */
-#undef USE_GMODULE
+#undef LIBGTOP_USE_GMODULE
 
 /* Define if we need the LibGTop server. */
 #undef LIBGTOP_NEED_SERVER
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 87f5b86d..9ba5488f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -349,16 +349,16 @@ LIBGTOP_SERVER='$(bindir)/libgtop_server'
 
 LIBGTOP_EXTRA_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_EXTRA_LIBS $GLIB_LIBS $LIBGTOP_XML_LIB"
 
-LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop"
-
 if test x$libgtop_use_gmodule != xyes ; then
-  LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop_backend_common -lgtop_common"
+  LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop -lgtop_backend_common -lgtop_common"
   if test x$libgtop_have_sysdeps = xyes ; then
     LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop_backend_sysdeps -lgtop_sysdeps"
   fi
   if test x$libgtop_need_server = xyes ; then
     LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop_backend_server"
   fi
+else
+  LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop_common -lgtop"
 fi
 
 LIBGTOP_NAMES_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop_names"
diff --git a/libgtop-sysdeps.m4 b/libgtop-sysdeps.m4
index e73b62f1..00fdeb80 100644
--- a/libgtop-sysdeps.m4
+++ b/libgtop-sysdeps.m4
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([GNOME_LIBGTOP_DYNLINK],[
 	fi
 
 	if $dynworks; then
-	  AC_DEFINE(USE_GMODULE)
+	  AC_DEFINE(LIBGTOP_USE_GMODULE)
 	  GMODULE_LIBS="`glib-config --libs gmodule`"
 	  GMODULE_FLAGS="`glib-config --cflags gmodule`"
 	  AC_SUBST(GMODULE_LIBS)