diff --git a/netstatus-libs.patch b/netstatus-libs.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/netstatus-libs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up gnome-netstatus-2.28.1/configure.in.libs gnome-netstatus-2.28.1/configure.in
+--- gnome-netstatus-2.28.1/configure.in.libs	2010-03-30 21:14:59.730092643 -0400
++++ gnome-netstatus-2.28.1/configure.in	2010-03-30 21:15:58.486091876 -0400
+@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NETSTATUS,
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sockio.h)
+ 
++NETSTATUS_LIBS="$NETSTATUS_LIBS -lm"
++
+ # Blatantly stolen from configure.in in the sample code from
+ # "UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1" by W. Richard Stevens
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK(if sockaddr has sa_len member,