diff --git a/cde/lib/DtXinerama/Makefile.am b/cde/lib/DtXinerama/Makefile.am
index 4b889f1a6..babb7ac67 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtXinerama/Makefile.am
+++ b/cde/lib/DtXinerama/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
-lib_LIBRARIES = libDtXinerama.a
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libDtXinerama.la
 
-# JET - why?
-#libDtXinerama_a_CFLAGS = -fpic
+libDtXinerama_la_SOURCES = DtXinerama.c
+
+libDtXinerama_la_LIBADD = -lXinerama
 
-libDtXinerama_a_SOURCES = DtXinerama.c