diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13954ee48..c45b92ab1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-10-22  Götz Waschk  <waschk@mandriva.org>
+
+        * configure.in: add libm reference.  Closes #557357.
+
 2008-10-22  Murray Cumming  <murrayc@murrayc.com>
 
 	* doc/creating_themes/C/creating_metacity_themes.xml:
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 081760abd..5696fd3b6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ if test "x$found_xsync" = "xyes"; then
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XSYNC, , [Have the Xsync extension library])
 fi
 
-METACITY_LIBS="$METACITY_LIBS $XSYNC_LIBS $RANDR_LIBS $SHAPE_LIBS $X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS -lX11 $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+METACITY_LIBS="$METACITY_LIBS $XSYNC_LIBS $RANDR_LIBS $SHAPE_LIBS $X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS -lX11 $X_EXTRA_LIBS -lm"
 METACITY_MESSAGE_LIBS="$METACITY_MESSAGE_LIBS $X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS -lX11 $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
 METACITY_WINDOW_DEMO_LIBS="$METACITY_WINDOW_DEMO_LIBS $X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS -lX11 $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
 METACITY_PROPS_LIBS="$METACITY_PROPS_LIBS $X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS -lX11 $X_EXTRA_LIBS"