diff --git a/sys/unix/Makefile.src b/sys/unix/Makefile.src
index 7d5de09f0..aca960fa2 100644
--- a/sys/unix/Makefile.src
+++ b/sys/unix/Makefile.src
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ PACKAGE=@true
 MAKEDEFS = ../util/makedefs
 
 # -lm required by lua
-LUALIB = ../lib/lua/liblua.a -lm
+LUALIB = ../lib/lua/liblua.a -lm $(DLLIB)
 
 # timestamp files to reduce `make' overhead and shorten .o dependency lists
 CONFIG_H = ../src/config.h-t
diff --git a/sys/unix/hints/linux.370 b/sys/unix/hints/linux.370
index 423ee12d9..e3f9a9f61 100755
--- a/sys/unix/hints/linux.370
+++ b/sys/unix/hints/linux.370
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ override LUAHEADERS = submodules/lua
 override LUA2NHTOP = ../..
 override LUAMAKEFLAGS=$(LUAFLAGS)
 endif   # GITSUBMODULES
+DLLIB = -ldl
 
 # Only needed for GLIBC stack trace:
 LFLAGS=-rdynamic