diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 919f01f..4e31600 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CPPFLAGSF= -I ../include
 CPPFLAGS=
 CFLAGSF	= -W -fPIC
 CFLAGS	= -g -Wall -O2 -pedantic
+LDFLAGS	= 
 AR	= ar
 RANLIB	= ranlib
 CCSHARED= $(CC) -shared
diff --git a/src/project.conf b/src/project.conf
index eb2573b..d978d4f 100644
--- a/src/project.conf
+++ b/src/project.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ cppflags_force=-I ../include
 cppflags=
 cflags_force=-W -fPIC
 cflags=-g -Wall -O2 -pedantic
+#XXX get rid of this dependency
+ldflags=-lsocket
 dist=Makefile,token.h,python/project.conf,python/Makefile,python/libSystem.c,python/libSystem.py
 
 [libSystem]