diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f2385bc..2957dd7 100755
--- configure.orig
+++ configure
@@ -18983,6 +18983,7 @@ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
   (exit $ac_status); }; then
   pkg_cv_NOTIFY_PYTHON_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "pygtk-2.0 >= $PYGTK_REQUIRED
                                   libnotify >= $LIBNOTIFY_REQUIRED" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_NOTIFY_PYTHON_LIBS+=" -lpython2.7"
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
 fi
