diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d19ea2838..7ae15ba76 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-12-19  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+	* pre-inst-guile.in (subdirs_with_ltlibs): Remove libguile-ltdl
+	since lt_dlopen (and friends) aren't called on any libraries in
+	./libguile-ltdl.
+
 2004-11-28  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
 
 	* Guile 1.6.6 released.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f6919eb06..0c762def7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Changes since Guile 1.6.6 (changes in 1.6.7):
 
 * Changes to the distribution
 
+** A (probably autotools related) build problem has been fixed.
+
+Previously, on some systems, the build would fail when libguile-ltdl
+couldn't be found during the build.  This should be fixed.
+
 * Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
 
 * Changes to Scheme functions and syntax