diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd87f1c0..aa910dc3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Apr 15 14:55:53 CEST 2002 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* python/Makefile.am: patch from Cristian Gafton to build on
+	  Red Hat 6.2, should also fix #75779
+
 Mon Apr 15 12:14:49 CEST 2002 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
 
 	* valid.c: first part of fixing #78729
diff --git a/python/Makefile.am b/python/Makefile.am
index 955d6135..7e893d49 100644
--- a/python/Makefile.am
+++ b/python/Makefile.am
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST = 			\
 	libxml2-python-api.xml	\
 	$(DOCS)
 
-libxml2mod_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version
+libxml2mod_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -L$(top_builddir)/.libs
 
 if WITH_PYTHON
 mylibs = \
 	$(top_builddir)/libxml2.la
 
-all: libxml2.py # libxml2mod.so 
+all: libxml2.py libxml2mod.la
 
 pythondir = $(prefix)/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
 python_LTLIBRARIES = libxml2mod.la