diff --git a/video/directfb/directfb.conf b/video/directfb/directfb.conf
index 1460ebec7..31a00b2ec 100644
--- a/video/directfb/directfb.conf
+++ b/video/directfb/directfb.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../directfb/directfb.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ if pkginstalled libx11 ; then
 	var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-x11"
 	hook_add preconf 5  'sed -i -e "s,/usr/X11R6,/usr/X11,g" configure'
 	[[ $libdir = *lib ]] ||  hook_add preconf 9 'sed -i -e "s,/usr/X11/lib,/usr/X11/lib64,g" configure'
+	var_append LDFLAGS ' ' "-L$root/$(pkgprefix libdir libx11)"
+	export LDFLAGS
 else
 	var_append confopt ' ' "--disable-x11"
 fi