diff --git a/coot-makefile.patch b/coot-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea5c34e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coot-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- lbg/Makefile.am_orig	2012-09-30 15:59:54.245707927 -0700
++++ lbg/Makefile.am	2012-09-30 16:04:07.908430902 -0700
+@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
+ 	$(top_builddir)/lidia-core/libcoot-lidia-core.la \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/geometry/libcoot-geometry.la \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/utils/libcoot-utils.la \
++	$(PYTHON_LIBS) \
+ 	$(RDKIT_LIBS)
+ 
+