diff --git a/builder/Makefile.am b/builder/Makefile.am
index cf6b13417..3be547c3b 100644
--- a/builder/Makefile.am
+++ b/builder/Makefile.am
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ virt_index_validate_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DLOCALEBASEDIR=\""$(datadir)/locale"\"
 
 virt_index_validate_LDADD = \
-       -L../gnulib/lib/.libs -lgnu
+	../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
 
 man_MANS += virt-index-validate.1
 noinst_DATA += $(top_builddir)/html/virt-index-validate.1.html