diff -urN inkscape-0.47/configure.ac inkscape-0.47.new//configure.ac
--- inkscape-0.47/configure.ac	2009-11-16 21:45:59.000000000 +0100
+++ inkscape-0.47.new//configure.ac	2010-07-29 11:08:54.786331341 +0200
@@ -849,6 +849,11 @@
 dnl AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_LIBINKSCAPE, test "x$splib" != "xno")
 dnl
 
+dnl ******************************
+dnl   add -ldl
+dnl ******************************
+INKSCAPE_LIBS="$INKSCAPE_LIBS -ldl"
+
 AC_SUBST(INKSCAPE_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(INKSCAPE_LIBS)