diff --git a/kdecore/klibloader.cpp b/kdecore/klibloader.cpp
index c9cf2f54b..d9acf8a64 100644
--- a/kdecore/klibloader.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/klibloader.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include "ltdl.h"
 
+LT_SCOPE int lt_dlopen_flag;
+
 template class TQAsciiDict<KLibrary>;
 
 #include <stdlib.h> //getenv