diff -ur xchat-2.8.8.orig/configure.in xchat-2.8.8/configure.in
--- xchat-2.8.8.orig/configure.in	2012-06-08 11:35:12.000000000 -0400
+++ xchat-2.8.8/configure.in	2012-06-08 11:38:02.000000000 -0400
@@ -156,8 +156,15 @@
 	AC_MSG_ERROR("Cannot find glib")
 fi
 
-COMMON_CFLAGS="$GLIB_CFLAGS"
-COMMON_LIBS="$GLIB_LIBS"
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([g_module_symbol], [glib-2.0], glib_gms=yes, glib_gms=no)
+
+if test "glib_gms" = no; then
+        COMMON_CFLAGS="$GLIB_CFLAGS"
+        COMMON_LIBS="$GLIB_LIBS"
+else
+        COMMON_CFLAGS="$GLIB_CFLAGS"
+        COMMON_LIBS="$GLIB_LIBS -lgmodule-2.0"
+fi        
 
 dnl *********************************************************************
 dnl ** GTK **************************************************************