diff -up gnome-applets-2.25.90/configure.in.modemlights-libgnome gnome-applets-2.25.90/configure.in
--- gnome-applets-2.25.90/configure.in.modemlights-libgnome	2009-02-03 21:58:39.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-applets-2.25.90/configure.in	2009-02-03 21:59:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ dnl ************************************
 GTK_REQUIRED=2.13.0
 GLIB_REQUIRED=2.18.0
 GIO_REQUIRED=2.15.3
+LIBGNOME_REQUIRED=2.8.0
+LIBGNOMEUI_REQUIRED=2.8.0
 GCONF_REQUIRED=2.8.0
 SCROLLKEEPER_REQUIRED=0.1.4
 LIBPANEL_REQUIRED=2.13.4
@@ -120,6 +122,11 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_APPLETS, libpane
 AC_SUBST(GNOME_APPLETS_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GNOME_APPLETS_LIBS)
 
+dnl -- check for libgnome (required) ------------------------------------------
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_LIBS2, libgnome-2.0 >= $LIBGNOME_REQUIRED libgnomeui-2.0 >= $LIBGNOMEUI_REQUIRED)
+AC_SUBST(GNOME_LIBS2_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GNOME_LIBS2_LIBS)
+
 dnl -- check for gnome-desktop (required) -------------------------------------
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOMEDESKTOP, gnome-desktop-2.0 >= $LIBGNOME_DESKTOP_REQUIRED)
 AC_SUBST(GNOMEDESKTOP_CFLAGS)
diff -up gnome-applets-2.25.90/modemlights/Makefile.am.modemlights-libgnome gnome-applets-2.25.90/modemlights/Makefile.am
--- gnome-applets-2.25.90/modemlights/Makefile.am.modemlights-libgnome	2004-11-04 06:44:55.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-applets-2.25.90/modemlights/Makefile.am	2009-02-03 21:57:24.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SUBDIRS = docs
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) 				\
 	$(GNOME_APPLETS_CFLAGS)				\
+	$(GNOME_LIBS2_CFLAGS)				\
 	-DGNOMELOCALEDIR=\""$(prefix)/$(DATADIRNAME)/locale"\" 	\
 	-DVERSION=\""$(VERSION)"\"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ modemlights_applet2_SOURCES = \
 	properties.c
 
 modemlights_applet2_LDADD = \
+		$(GNOME_LIBS2_LIBS)	\
 		     $(GNOME_APPLETS_LIBS)
 
 uidir		= $(datadir)/gnome-2.0/ui