diff -up gnome-terminal-2.29.6/configure.ac.libs gnome-terminal-2.29.6/configure.ac
--- gnome-terminal-2.29.6/configure.ac.libs	2010-02-14 00:57:24.101114610 -0500
+++ gnome-terminal-2.29.6/configure.ac	2010-02-14 00:56:55.923114901 -0500
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([TERM],
    gconf-2.0 >= $GCONF_REQUIRED
    dbus-glib-1 >= $DBUS_GLIB_REQUIRED])
 
+TERM_LIBS="$TERM_LIBS -lm"
+
 # Check the smclient backend
 GDK_TARGET="$($PKG_CONFIG --variable target gdk-2.0)"