diff -Nrup gajim-0.8.orig/src/common/Makefile gajim-0.8/src/common/Makefile
--- gajim-0.8.orig/src/common/Makefile	2005-08-19 09:47:31.000000000 +0200
+++ gajim-0.8/src/common/Makefile	2005-08-24 16:11:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 py
 all: idle.so
 
 idle.so:
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared idle.c $^ -o $@ -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lXss -lXext
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared idle.c $^ -o $@ -L/usr/X11R6$(LIBDIR) -lX11 -lXss -lXext
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.so