diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 218faeb..10d37f7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -150,33 +150,47 @@ examples_schemavalidation_schemavalidation_SOURCES = \
 examples_textreader_textreader_SOURCES = examples/textreader/main.cc
 
 examples_dom_build_dom_build_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_dom_parse_entities_dom_parse_entities_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_dom_parser_dom_parser_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_dom_parser_raw_dom_parser_raw_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_dom_read_write_dom_read_write_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_dom_xpath_dom_xpath_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_dtdvalidation_dtdvalidation_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_import_node_import_node_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_sax_exception_sax_exception_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_sax_parser_sax_parser_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_sax_parser_build_dom_sax_parser_build_dom_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_sax_parser_entities_sax_parser_entities_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_schemavalidation_schemavalidation_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 examples_textreader_textreader_LDADD = \
-	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la
+	libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la \
+	$(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
 endif # ENABLE_EXAMPLES
 
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