Hallo Robert, > Obviously a libtool problem...it works when I remove the spaces after > -L & -l : In the Makefile.am: libxml2mod_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -L$(top_builddir)/.libs -L $(PYTHON_LIBS_PATH) -l $(PYTHON_LIBS) it is coming out of your patchfile. Gerrit -- =^..^=