diff -up gnome-applets-2.29.5/configure.in.modemlights-libgnome gnome-applets-2.29.5/configure.in
--- gnome-applets-2.29.5/configure.in.modemlights-libgnome	2010-01-17 16:37:16.249288488 -0500
+++ gnome-applets-2.29.5/configure.in	2010-01-17 16:39:50.185529959 -0500
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_APPLETS, libpane
 AC_SUBST(GNOME_APPLETS_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GNOME_APPLETS_LIBS)
 
+dnl -- check for libgnome (required) ------------------------------------------
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_LIBS2, libgnome-2.0 libgnomeui-2.0)
+AC_SUBST(GNOME_LIBS2_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GNOME_LIBS2_LIBS)
+
 dnl -- check for gnome-desktop (required) -------------------------------------
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOMEDESKTOP, gnome-desktop-2.0 >= $LIBGNOME_DESKTOP_REQUIRED)
 AC_SUBST(GNOMEDESKTOP_CFLAGS)
diff -up gnome-applets-2.29.5/modemlights/Makefile.am.modemlights-libgnome gnome-applets-2.29.5/modemlights/Makefile.am
--- gnome-applets-2.29.5/modemlights/Makefile.am.modemlights-libgnome	2004-11-04 06:44:55.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-applets-2.29.5/modemlights/Makefile.am	2010-01-17 16:37:16.326303959 -0500
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SUBDIRS = docs
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) 				\
 	$(GNOME_APPLETS_CFLAGS)				\
+	$(GNOME_LIBS2_CFLAGS)				\
 	-DGNOMELOCALEDIR=\""$(prefix)/$(DATADIRNAME)/locale"\" 	\
 	-DVERSION=\""$(VERSION)"\"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ modemlights_applet2_SOURCES = \
 	properties.c
 
 modemlights_applet2_LDADD = \
+		$(GNOME_LIBS2_LIBS)	\
 		     $(GNOME_APPLETS_LIBS)
 
 uidir		= $(datadir)/gnome-2.0/ui