diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 39d94d6a72..b3529200c9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-17  Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
+
+	* src/engine/gnc-engine.c : Removing .la from
+	name of module to be loaded with GModule.
+
 2006-01-16  Joshua Sled  <jsled@asynchronous.org>
 
 	* lib/libgsf-1.12.3/thumbnailer/
diff --git a/src/engine/gnc-engine.c b/src/engine/gnc-engine.c
index 8e1df55f84..cfcad79ef6 100644
--- a/src/engine/gnc-engine.c
+++ b/src/engine/gnc-engine.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "gnc-pricedb-p.h"
 
 /** gnc file backend library name */
-#define GNC_LIB_NAME "libgnc-backend-file.la"
+#define GNC_LIB_NAME "libgnc-backend-file"
 /** init_fcn for gnc file backend library. */
 #define GNC_LIB_INIT "gnc_provider_init"
 /* gnc-backend-file location */
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ gnc_engine_init(int argc, char ** argv)
   cashobjects_register();
 
   g_return_if_fail((qof_load_backend_library 
-		(QOF_LIB_DIR, "libqof-backend-qsf.la", "qsf_provider_init")));
+		(QOF_LIB_DIR, "libqof-backend-qsf", "qsf_provider_init")));
   g_return_if_fail((qof_load_backend_library
 		(GNC_LIBDIR, GNC_LIB_NAME, GNC_LIB_INIT)));