diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f03569e..53a9de6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ for c in $CHAT_MODULES; do
 done
 
 FE_COMMON_LIBS="$FE_COMMON_LIBS../fe-common/core/libfe_common_core.a"
+AC_SUBST(FE_COMMON_LIBS)
 
 dnl ** common libraries needed by frontends
 COMMON_NOUI_LIBS="$CHAT_LIBS $CORE_LIBS"
diff --git a/src/fe-none/Makefile.am b/src/fe-none/Makefile.am
index bbcd63f..e8ce8d6 100644
--- a/src/fe-none/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/fe-none/Makefile.am
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_builddir) \
 	$(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 
-botti_DEPENDENCIES = @COMMON_NOUI_LIBS@
+botti_DEPENDENCIES = @COMMON_NOUI_LIBS@ @FE_COMMON_LIBS@
 
 botti_LDADD = \
 	@COMMON_NOUI_LIBS@ \
 	@PERL_LINK_LIBS@ \
 	@PERL_LINK_FLAGS@ \
+	@FE_COMMON_LIBS@ \
 	@PROG_LIBS@
 
 botti_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/src/fe-none/meson.build b/src/fe-none/meson.build
index 58df15f..8e32b94 100644
--- a/src/fe-none/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-none/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ executable('botti',
     libconfig_a,
     libcore_a,
     libirc_a,
+    libfe_common_core_a,
   ],
   install : true,
   dependencies : dep