diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3cdcb76cd6..bfcf12a5fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 	  use g_strdup -- cannot feed SCM_STRING_CHARS() back into guile.
 	  (fixes a weird test-case failure in some cases).
 
+	* src/backend/file/Makefile.am: link against libcore-utils.
+
 2006-02-05  Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
 
 	* lib/libqof/qof/qoflog.c :
diff --git a/src/backend/file/Makefile.am b/src/backend/file/Makefile.am
index e12cdd3ed4..65cd4907c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/backend/file/Makefile.am
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@ libgnc_backend_file_la_LDFLAGS = -module
 libgnc_backend_file_la_LIBADD = \
    ${GLIB_LIBS} ${GCONF_LIBS} ${XML_LIBS} \
    ${top_builddir}/src/engine/libgncmod-engine.la \
+   ${top_builddir}/src/core-utils/libcore-utils.la \
    ${QOF_LIBS}