diff --git a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
index 13525dffa10c6452ecb0878d397394172b7179b9..1ed2db147b638928a183d36de5caf7c9549b74f4 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ ifdef USE_CURSES
  UIFC_OBJS +=	$(EXEODIR)/uifcc.o
 endif
 
+#The following is needed for nspr support on Linux
+ifeq ($(os),linux)
+ LFLAGS	+=	-ldl
+endif
+
 include targets.mk		# defines all targets
 include objects.mk		# defines $(OBJS)
 include sbbsdefs.mk		# defines $(SBBSDEFS)