diff --git a/gtk2-fixdso.patch b/gtk2-fixdso.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ea7846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtk2-fixdso.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- gtk+-2.24.8/gtk/Makefile.am.orig	2012-02-01 11:14:25.468115547 +0000
++++ gtk+-2.24.8/gtk/Makefile.am	2012-02-01 11:14:57.920116650 +0000
+@@ -904,10 +904,10 @@
+ libgtk_quartz_2_0_la_SOURCES = $(gtk_c_sources)
+ libgtk_directfb_2_0_la_SOURCES = $(gtk_c_sources)
+ 
+-libgtk_x11_2_0_la_LDFLAGS = $(libtool_opts)
++libgtk_x11_2_0_la_LDFLAGS = $(libtool_opts) -lgmodule-2.0
+ libgtk_win32_2_0_la_LDFLAGS = $(libtool_opts) -Wl,-luuid
+ libgtk_quartz_2_0_la_LDFLAGS = $(libtool_opts)
+-libgtk_directfb_2_0_la_LDFLAGS = $(libtool_opts)
++libgtk_directfb_2_0_la_LDFLAGS = $(libtool_opts) -lgmodule-2.0
+ 
+ libgtk_x11_2_0_la_LIBADD = $(libadd)
+ libgtk_win32_2_0_la_LIBADD = $(libadd) -lole32 -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -lwinspool -lcomctl32
diff --git a/gtk2.spec b/gtk2.spec
index ed7b427..95667d8 100644
--- a/gtk2.spec
+++ b/gtk2.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Summary: The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X
 Name: gtk2
 Version: 2.24.8
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.gtk.org
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ Patch15: window-dragging.patch
 # upstream fix
 Patch16: 0001-Revert-iconview-layout-items-immediately-when-settin.patch
 
+# fix dso.
+Patch17: gtk2-fixdso.patch
+
 BuildRequires: atk-devel >= %{atk_version}
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires: cairo-devel
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ This package contains developer documentation for the GTK+ widget toolkit.
 #%patch14 -p1 -b .landscape-pdf-print
 %patch15 -p1 -b .window-dragging
 %patch16 -p1
+%patch17 -p1 -b .fixdso
 
 %build
 (if ! test -x configure; then NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh; CONFIGFLAGS=--enable-gtk-doc; fi;
@@ -344,6 +348,9 @@ fi
 %doc tmpdocs/examples
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb  1 2012 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> - 2.24.8-3
+- Add patch to fix DSO linking. Would have thought these would have long stopped being a problem
+
 * Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.24.8-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild