diff --git a/pre-inst-guile.in b/pre-inst-guile.in
index 6b644731c..b6d06517e 100644
--- a/pre-inst-guile.in
+++ b/pre-inst-guile.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # Code:
 
 # config
-subdirs_with_ltlibs="srfi guile-readline"       # maintain me
+subdirs_with_ltlibs="libguile-ltdl srfi guile-readline"       # maintain me
 
 # env (set by configure)
 top_srcdir="@top_srcdir_absolute@"