diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f45f1d59..4a0c846bf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-25  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Add NETLIBS to EGDLIBS when using EGD as EGD uses
+	sockets.
+
 2002-09-24  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* THANKS: Remove duplicate.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f48e1b3ca..3c44f7d63 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ for rndmod in $random_modules "" ; do
     rndegd)
          AC_DEFINE(USE_RNDEGD,1, 
                   [Defined if the EGD based RNG should be used.])
+         EGDLIBS=$NETLIBS
+         AC_SUBST(EGDLIBS)
          ;;
     rndw32)
          AC_DEFINE(USE_RNDW32,1,